Economic aid - recipient:
$571.6 million (2004)
Currency (code):
Dominican peso (DOP)
Currency code:
DOP
Exchange rates:
Dominican pesos per US dollar - 33.6046 (2006), 30.409 (2005),
42.12 (2004), 30.831 (2003), 18.61 (2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Dominican Republic
Telephones - main lines in use:
894,500 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
3.623 million (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: relatively efficient system based on island-wide microwave
radio relay network
international: country code - 1-809; 1 coaxial submarine cable;
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 120, FM 56, shortwave 4 (1998)