Debt - external:
$3.45 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$NA
Currency (code):
guarani (PYG)
Currency code:
PYG
Exchange rates:
guarani per US dollar - 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004), 6,424.3
(2003), 5,716.3 (2002), 4,105.9 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Paraguay
Telephones - main lines in use:
320,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.887 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: meager telephone service; principal switching
center is in Asuncion
domestic: fair microwave radio relay network
international: country code - 595; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)