Economic aid - recipient:
$197.1 million (1995)
Currency (code):
balboa (PAB); US dollar (USD)
Currency code:
PAB; USD
Exchange rates:
balboas per US dollar - 1 (2005), 1 (2004), 1 (2003), 1 (2002), 1
(2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Panama
Telephones - main lines in use:
440,100 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.352 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: domestic and international facilities well
developed
domestic: NA
international: country code - 507; 1 coaxial submarine cable;
satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); connected to
the Central American Microwave System
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 101, FM 134, shortwave 0 (1998)