Currency (code):
tala (SAT)
Currency code:
SAT (former WST code is still in wide use)
Exchange rates:
tala per US dollar - 2.7103 (2005), 2.7807 (2004), 2.9732 (2003),
3.3763 (2002), 3.478 (2001)
Fiscal year:
June 1 - May 31
Communications Samoa
Telephones - main lines in use:
13,300 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
24,000 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate
domestic: NA
international: country code - 685; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 2, FM 5, shortwave 0 (2004)
Radios:
174,849 (1997)