Economic aid - recipient:
$491 million (2002)
Currency (code):
nuevo sol (PEN)
Currency code:
PEN
Exchange rates:
nuevo sol per US dollar - 3.28069 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132
(2004), 3.4785 (2003), 3.5165 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Peru
Telephones - main lines in use:
2,250,500 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
5.583 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: adequate for most requirements
domestic: nationwide microwave radio relay system and a domestic
satellite system with 12 earth stations
international: country code - 51; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean); Pan American submarine cable
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 472, FM 198, shortwave 189 (1999)