Currency (code):
Maltese lira (MTL)
Currency code:
MTL
Exchange rates:
Maltese liri per US dollar - 0.37 (2006), 0.34578 (2005), 0.34466
(2004), 0.37723 (2003), 0.43362 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Malta
Telephones - main lines in use:
202,100 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
324,000 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: automatic system satisfies normal requirements
domestic: submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands
international: country code - 356; 2 submarine cables; satellite
earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)
Radios:
255,000 (1997)