Libya Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
750,000 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
100,000 (2003 est.)
Telephone system:
general assessment:
telecommunications system is being modernized; mobile cellular telephone system became operational in 1996
domestic:
microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, cellular, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations
international:
country code - 218; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cables to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (1999)
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 16 , FM 3 , shortwave 3 (2002 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999 est.)
Internet country code:
.ly
Internet hosts:
67 (2003 est.)
Internet users:
160,000 (2003 est.)
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