Algeria: Communication#
Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 3,267,592 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (July 2015 est.) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 45.928 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 116 (July 2015 est.) |
Telephone system | 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 l domestic: a limited network of fixed lines with a teledensity of less than 10 telephones per 100 persons has been offset by the rapid increase in mobile-cellular subscribership; in 2015, mobile-cellular teledensity was roughly 116 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; p (2015) |
Broadcast media | 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 operat (2007) |
Internet country code | .dz |
Internet users | total: 15.105 million percent of population: 38.2% (July 2015 est.) |