| People | Algeria |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
 | 2.841 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
 | 85 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
 | 20.998 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
 | 622 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
 | general assessment: a weak network of fixed-main lines, which remains low at less than 10 telephones per 100 persons, is partially offset by the rapid increase in mobile cellular subscribership; in 2006, combined fixed-line and mobile telephone density surpassed 70 telephones per 100 persons domestic: privatization of Algeria's telecommunications sector began in 2000; three mobile cellular licenses have been issued and, in 2005, a consortium led by Egypt's Orascom Telecom won a 15-year license to build and operate a fixed-line network in Algeria; the license will allow Orascom to develop high-speed data and other specialized services and contribute to meeting the large unfulfilled demand for basic residential telephony; internet broadband services began in 2003 with approximately 200,000 subscribers in 2006 international: country code - 213; landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-4 fiber- optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 51 (Intelsat, Intersputnik, and Arabsat) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
 | AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
 | 1,350,787 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
 | 33,769,669 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
 | 4,221,209 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
 | 46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995) |
Television broadcast stations density:
 | 734,124 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
 | .dz |
Internet hosts:
 | 2,077 (2007) |
Internet users:
 | 2.46 million (2006) |
Internet users - density:
 | 73 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
 | void |
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