Algeria Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
2,199,600 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
1,447,310 (2003 est.)
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to a little more than 2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995 est.)
Internet country code:
.dz
Internet hosts:
897 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
500,000 (2002 est.)
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