| Communications | Libya |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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852,300 (2005) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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136 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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4.5 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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714 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; multiple providers for a mobile telephone system that is growing rapidly; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density approached 90 telephones per 100 persons in 2007
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 (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2001) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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394,403 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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2,103,478 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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2,103,478 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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525,870 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.ly |
Internet hosts:
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31 (2008) |
Internet users:
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260,000 (2006) |
Internet users - density:
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42 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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