Debt - external:
$6.309 billion (2005 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$221 million (2005 est.)
Currency (code):
boliviano (BOB)
Currency code:
BOB
Exchange rates:
bolivianos per US dollar - 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004), 7.6592
(2003), 7.17 (2002), 6.6069 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Bolivia
Telephones - main lines in use:
646,300 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.421 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: new subscribers face bureaucratic difficulties;
most telephones are concentrated in La Paz and other cities; mobile
cellular telephone use expanding rapidly
domestic: primary trunk system, which is being expanded, employs
digital microwave radio relay; some areas are served by fiber-optic
cable; mobile cellular systems are being expanded
international: country code - 591; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)