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Telecommunications In Algeria Information

Communications in Algeria.

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Telephony

Telephones - main lines in use: 3.068 million (2007) country comparison to the world: 48

Telephones - mobile cellular: 27.563 million (2007) country comparison to the world: 31

Telephone system: domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic earth stations are planned) international: 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

Mass media

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

Main article: Internet in Algeria

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 30 (2005)

Internet Hosts: 477 (2008) country comparison to the world: 161

Internet Users: 3.5 million (2007) country comparison to the world: 51

Country codes: .dz

References

External links

· · Economy of Algeria
Currency: Algerian dinar
Communications Banking · Communications · History of Trade · Transportation
Industries: Agriculture · Mining · Tourism
· · Telecommunications in Africa
Sovereign states

Algeria · Angola · Benin · Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burundi · Cameroon · Cape Verde · Central African Republic · Chad · Comoros · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Republic of the Congo · Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) · Djibouti · Egypt · Equatorial Guinea · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · The Gambia · Ghana · Guinea · Guinea-Bissau · Kenya · Lesotho · Liberia · Libya · Madagascar · Malawi · Mali · Mauritania · Mauritius · Morocco · Mozambique · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · São Tomé and Príncipe · Senegal · Seychelles · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Africa · Sudan · Swaziland · Tanzania · Togo · Tunisia · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic · Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories

Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) · Madeira (Portugal) · Mayotte / Réunion (France) · Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) · Western Sahara

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