Algeria|Communications

                                       Communications


Telephones - main lines in use: 1.176 million (1995) 

Telephones - mobile cellular: 33,500 (1999) 

Telephone system: 
domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic earth
stations are planned) 
international: 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 

Radio broadcast stations: AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999) 

Radios: 7.1 million (1997) 

Television broadcast stations: 18 (not including low-power stations) (1999) 

Televisions: 3.1 million (1997) 

Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (1999)