Debt - external:
$10.6 billion (2003 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$2.2 billion (FY03/04)
Currency (code):
Congolese franc (CDF)
Currency code:
CDF
Exchange rates:
Congolese francs per US dollar - 437.86 (2005), 401.04 (2004),
405.34 (2003), 346.49 (2002), 206.62 (2001)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Telephones - main lines in use:
10,600 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.746 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: poor
domestic: barely adequate wire and microwave radio relay service in
and between urban areas; domestic satellite system with 14 earth
stations
international: country code - 243; satellite earth station - 1
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)