Telephones - fixed lines:
total subscriptions: 710,000
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 89

Telephones - mobile cellular:
total: 10.1 million
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - total country ranks ]
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 161 (2014 est.)
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 85

Telephone system:
general assessment: telecommunications system is state-owned and service is poor, but investment is being made to upgrade; state retains monopoly in fixed-line services; mobile-cellular telephone system became operational in 1996
domestic: multiple providers for a mobile telephone system that is growing rapidly; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity has soared
international: country code - 218; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cable to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (2010)

Broadcast media:
state-funded and private TV stations; some provinces operate local TV stations; pan-Arab satellite TV stations are available; state-funded radio (2012)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2001)

Television - broadcast stations:
12 (plus 1 repeater) (1999)

Internet country code:
.ly

Internet hosts:
17,926 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 1.4 million
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 21.8% (2014 est.)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 114