Algeria: Communications

Communications Algeria
Telephones - main lines in use:
 2.2 million (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 1,447,310 (2003)
Telephone system:
 general assessment: telephone density in Algeria is very low, not exceeding five telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main lines increased in the last few years to a little more than 2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient
domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic earth stations are planned)
international: country code - 213; 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat (1998)
Radio broadcast stations:
 AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)
Radios:
 7.1 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
 46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
 3.1 million (1997)
Internet country code:
 .dz
Internet hosts:
 821 (2002)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
 2 (2000)
Internet users:
 500,000 (2002)

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