Exchange rates:
Burundi francs per US dollar - 1,138 (2005), 1,100.91 (2004),
1,082.62 (2003), 930.75 (2002), 830.35 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Burundi
Telephones - main lines in use:
27,700 (2004)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
153,000 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: primitive system
domestic: sparse system of open-wire, radiotelephone communications,
and low-capacity microwave radio relay
international: country code - 257; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Indian Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 4, shortwave 1 (2001)
Radios:
440,000 (2001)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (2001)
Televisions:
25,000 (1997)