Debt - external:
$57.77 billion (30 June 2006 est.)
Currency (code):
ringgit (MYR)
Currency code:
MYR
Exchange rates:
ringgits per US dollar - 3.67 (2006), 3.8 (2005), 3.8 (2004), 3.8
(2003), 3.8 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Malaysia
Telephones - main lines in use:
4.366 million (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
19.545 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: modern system; international service excellent
domestic: good intercity service provided on Peninsular Malaysia
mainly by microwave radio relay; adequate intercity microwave radio
relay network between Sabah and Sarawak via Brunei; domestic
satellite system with 2 earth stations
international: country code - 60; submarine cables to India, Hong
Kong, and Singapore; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian
Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean) (2001)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 35, FM 391, shortwave 15 (2001)