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Total subscriptions: 3,130,090 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 45
Total subscriptions: 49,873,389 (2017 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 122 (2017 est.)
Country comparison to the world: 29
General assessment: Privatization of Algeria's telecommunications sector began in 2000; three mobile-cellular licenses have been issued;Â regulator permits network operators to extend LTE services to additional provinces;Â a consortium led by Egypt's Orascom Telecom won a 15-year license to build and operate a fixed-line network in Algeria; migration to 5G (2017)
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; mobile-cellular teledensity was roughly 122 telephones per 100 persons (2017)
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; new submarine cables to link to the US and France; (2016)