| Communications | Libya |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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1.228 million (2010) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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187 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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10.9 million (2010) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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1,653 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
Telephone system:
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general assessment: telecommunications system is state-owned and service is poor, but investment is being made to upgrade; state retains monopoly in fixed-line services; mobile-cellular telephone system became operational in 1996
domestic: multiple providers for a mobile telephone system that is growing rapidly; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is approaching 100 telephones per 100 persons
international: country code - 218; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cable to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (2009) |
Broadcast media:
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state controls broadcast media; state-owned terrestrial TV station and about a half-dozen state-owned satellite stations broadcast; some provinces operate local TV stations; a single, non-state-owned TV station launched in 2007; pan-Arab satellite TV stations are available; state-owned radio broadcasts on a number of frequencies, some of which carry regional programming; Voice of Africa, Libya's external radio service, can also be heard; a single, non-state-owned radio station broadcasting (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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412,373 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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2,199,320 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,199,320 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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12 (plus 1 repeater) (1999) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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549,830 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ly |
Internet hosts:
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12,432 (2010) |
Internet users:
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353,900 (2009) |
Internet users - density:
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54 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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