| Communications | Algeria |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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2.923 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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84 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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32.78 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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937 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: 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
domestic: a limited network of fixed lines with a teledensity of less than 10 telephones per 100 persons is offset by the rapid increase in mobile-cellular subscribership; in 2010, combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity was roughly 100 telephones per 100 persons
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) (2010) |
Broadcast media:
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state-run Radio-Television Algerienne operates the broadcast media and carries programming in Arabic, Berber dialects, and French; use of satellite dishes is widespread, providing easy access to European and Arab satellite stations; state-run radio operates several national networks and roughly 40 regional radio stations (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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1,399,798 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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34,994,937 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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4,374,368 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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760,760 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.dz |
Internet hosts:
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572 (2010) |
Internet users:
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4.7 million (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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135 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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