Exchange rates:

Icelandic kronur (ISK) per US dollar - 85.619 (2008 est.), 63.391 (2007), 70.195 (2006), 62.982 (2005), 70.192 (2004)

Communications ::Iceland

Telephones - main lines in use:

187,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 125

Telephones - mobile cellular:

342,000 (2008) country comparison to the world: 166

Telephone system:

general assessment: telecommunications infrastructure is modern and fully digitized, with satellite-earth stations, fiber-optic cables, and an extensive broadband network

domestic: liberalization of the telecommunications sector beginning in the late 1990s has led to increased competition especially in the mobile services segment of the market