Economic aid - recipient:
$400 million (1999 est.)
Currency (code):
kina (PGK)
Currency code:
PGK
Exchange rates:
kina per US dollar - 3.2225 (2004), 3.5635 (2003), 3.8952 (2002),
3.3887 (2001), 2.7822 (2000)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Papua New Guinea
Telephones - main lines in use:
62,000 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
15,000 (2002)
Telephone system:
general assessment: services are adequate; facilities provide
radiotelephone and telegraph, coastal radio, aeronautical radio, and
international radio communication services
domestic: mostly radiotelephone
international: country code - 675; submarine cables to Australia and
Guam; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean);
international radio communication service
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998)