Exchange rates:

tala (SAT) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.7594 (2006), 2.7103 (2005), 2.7807 (2004), 2.9732 (2003)

Communications ::Samoa

Telephones - main lines in use:

31,900 (2009) country comparison to the world: 176

Telephones - mobile cellular:

151,000 (2009) country comparison to the world: 176

Telephone system:

general assessment: adequate

domestic: combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 85 telephones per 100 persons; coverage extended to roughly 95 percent of the country