Exchange rates:
Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 12.443 (2010), 11.11 (2009), 10.326 (2008), 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006)
Communications ::Moldova
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.139 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 72
Telephones - mobile cellular:
2.785 million (2009) country comparison to the world: 116
Telephone system:
general assessment: poor service outside Chisinau; some modernization is under way
domestic: depending on location, new subscribers may face long wait for service; multiple private operators of GSM mobile-cellular telephone service are operating; GPRS system is being introduced; a CDMA mobile telephone network began operations in 2007; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity 90 per 100 persons