Algeria Communications
Telephones - main lines in use2,199,600 (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular
1,447,310 (2003)
Telephone system
general assessment: telephone density in Algeria is very low, not exceeding five telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main lines increased in the last few years to a little more than 2,000,000, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient
domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic earth stations are planned)
international: country code - 213; 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat (1998)
Radio broadcast stations
AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999)
Television broadcast stations
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)
Internet country code
.dz
Internet hosts
897 (2004)
Internet users
500,000 (2002)
