Economic aid - recipient:
$2 billion pledged in 2001 to Serbia and Montenegro (disbursements
to follow over several years; aid pledged by EU and US has been
placed on hold because of lack of cooperation by Serbia in handing
over General Ratco MLADIC to the criminal court in The Hague)
Currency (code):
new Yugoslav dinar (YUM); note - in Kosovo both the euro and the
Yugoslav dinar are legal
Exchange rates:
new Yugoslav dinars per US dollar - 58.6925 (2005)
Communications Serbia
Telephones - main lines in use:
2,685,400 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
5.229 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modernization of the telecommunications network
has been slow as a result of damage stemming from the 1999 war and
transition to a competitive market-based system; network was only
65% digitalized in 2005
domestic: teledensity remains below the average for neighboring
states; GSM wireless service, available through two providers with
national coverage, is growing very rapidly; best telecommunications
service limited to urban centers
international: country code - 381
Radio broadcast stations:
153 (2001)
Internet country code:
.rs; note - former ccTLD .yu will remain in service until the end
of 2006
Internet hosts:
NA