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Telephones Fixed Lines

3.2 million (2012)country comparison to the world: 49

Telephones Mobile Cellular

37.692 million (2012)country comparison to the world: 32 37.692 million (2012)country comparison to the world: 32

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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)