Currency code:
SAR
Exchange rates:
Saudi riyals per US dollar - 3.747 (2005), 3.75 (2004), 3.75
(2003), 3.75 (2002), 3.75 (2001)
Fiscal year:
1 March - 28 February
Communications Saudi Arabia
Telephones - main lines in use:
3.8 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
13.3 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system
domestic: extensive microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and
fiber-optic cable systems
international: country code - 966; microwave radio relay to Bahrain,
Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Yemen, and Sudan; coaxial cable to
Kuwait and Jordan; submarine cable to Djibouti, Egypt and Bahrain;
satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (3 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian
Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1 Inmarsat (Indian Ocean region)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 43, FM 31, shortwave 2 (1998)
Radios:
6.25 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
117 (1997)