Exchange rates:
Egyptian pounds per US dollar - 5.75 (2006), 5.78 (2005), 6.1962
(2004), 5.8509 (2003), 4.4997 (2002)
Fiscal year:
1 July - 30 June
Communications Egypt
Telephones - main lines in use:
10,396,100 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
14,045,134 (2005)
Telephone system:
general assessment: large system; underwent extensive upgrading
during 1990s and is reasonably modern; Internet access and cellular
service are available
domestic: principal centers at Alexandria, Cairo, Al Mansurah,
Ismailia, Suez, and Tanta are connected by coaxial cable and
microwave radio relay
international: country code - 20; satellite earth stations - 2
Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean), 1 Arabsat, and 1
Inmarsat; 5 coaxial submarine cables; tropospheric scatter to Sudan;
microwave radio relay to Israel; a participant in Medarabtel
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 42 (plus 15 repeaters), FM 14, shortwave 3 (1999)
Radios:
20.5 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
98 (September 1995)
Televisions:
7.7 million (1997)