Currency (code):
new Israeli shekel (ILS)
Currency code:
ILS
Exchange rates:
new Israeli shekels per US dollar - 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004),
4.5541 (2003), 4.7378 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Gaza Strip
Telephones - main lines in use:
349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1.095 million (includes West Bank) (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: Israeli company BEZEK and the Palestinian company PALTEL
are responsible for fixed line services in the Gaza Strip; the
Palestinian JAWAL company provides cellular services
international: country code - 970
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 0, FM 8, shortwave 0 (2005)
Radios:
NA; note - most Palestinian households have radios (1999)