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Tabular Data - Communications in Algeria
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
2,199,600 (2003) |
| Telephones - 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to a little more than 2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient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 Stations : |
AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999) |
| Radios : |
7,100,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995) |
| Televisions : |
3.1 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.dz |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
2 (2000) |
| Internet Users : |
500,000 (2002) |
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