Debt - external:
$3.1 billion (2004)
Economic aid - recipient:
$NA
Currency (code):
pataca (MOP)
Currency code:
MOP
Exchange rates:
patacas per US dollar - 8.011 (2005), 8.022 (2004), 8.021 (2003),
8.033 (2002), 8.034 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Macau
Telephones - main lines in use:
174,400 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
532,800 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: fairly modern communication facilities
maintained for domestic and international services
domestic: NA
international: country code - 853; HF radiotelephone communication
facility; access to international communications carriers provided
via Hong Kong and China; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat
(Indian Ocean)