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| Telephones - main lines in use: |
2.3 million (1998)
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| Telephones - mobile cellular: |
33,500 (1999)
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| Telephone system: |
general assessment:
telephone density in Algeria is very low, not exceeding five telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main lines has been 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to a little more than 2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient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:
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)
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| Radio broadcast stations: |
AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)
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| Radios: |
7.1 million (1997)
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| Television broadcast stations: |
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
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| Televisions: |
3.1 million (1997)
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| Internet country code: |
.dz
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| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): |
2 (2000)
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| Internet users: |
20,000 (2000)
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