Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 3.1 million
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 46

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 37.3 million
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subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 96 (2014 est.)
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country comparison to the world: 33

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 license will allow Orascom to develop high-speed data and other specialized services and contribute to meeting the large unfulfilled demand for basic residential telephony; Internet broadband services began in 2003
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 2011, mobile-cellular teledensity was roughly 100 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; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 51 (Intelsat, Intersputnik, and Arabsat) (2011)

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 operates several national networks and roughly 40 regional radio stations (2007)

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

Television - broadcast stations:
46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:
.dz

Internet hosts:
676 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 178
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 6.5 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 16.7% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 55