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 Algeria
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007| Introduction - Algeria: |  | Location - Algeria: |  | People - Algeria: |  | Government - Algeria: |  | Economy - Algeria: |  | Communications - Algeria: |  | Fiscal year | calendar year |  |  |  | Telephones main lines in use | 2.841 million (2006) |  |  |  | Telephones mobile cellular | 20.998 million (2006) |  |  |  | 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few years to nearly 2.6 million, but only about two-thirds of these have subscribers; much of the infrastructure is outdated and inefficient domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic earth stations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 hosts | 1,202 (2006) |  |  |  | Internet users | 2.46 million (2006) |  |  |  | Transportation - Algeria: |  | Military - Algeria: |  Source: CIA >>>
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