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Telephones -
main lines in use | 2.572 million (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 13.661 million (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: telephone density in Algeria is very low, not exceeding 5 telephones per 100 persons; the number of fixed main lines increased in the last few years to nearly 2.6 million, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient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; submarine cables - 5; 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) (2005) | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999) | | Television broadcast
stations | 46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995) | | | Internet country code | .dz | | | Internet users | 1.92 million (2005) | |
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