Debt - external:
$80.7 million (2004)
Economic aid - recipient:
$19.3 million Australia $5.5 million, New Zealand $2.3 million
(FY01/02)
Currency (code):
pa'anga (TOP)
Currency code:
TOP
Exchange rates:
pa'anga per US dollar - 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003),
2.1952 (2002), 2.1236 (2001)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications Tonga
Telephones - main lines in use:
11,200 (2002)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
16,400 (2004)
Telephone system:
general assessment: competition between Tonga Telecommunications
Corporation (TCC) and Shoreline Communications Tonga (SCT) is
accelerating expansion of telecommunications; SCT recently granted
authority to develop high-speed digital service for telephone,
Internet, and television
domestic: fully automatic switched network
international: country code - 676; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2004)