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Algeria:
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Other pages in this profile of Algeria:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
Definition - World rank and map 2.841 million (2006) |
Telephones - main lines in use per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 84.1 (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
Definition - World rank and map 27.563 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 816.2 (2007) |
Telephone system |
Definition general assessment: a weak network of fixed-main lines, which remains low at less than 10 telephones per 100 persons, is partially offset by the rapid increase in mobile cellular subscribership; in 2006, combined fixed-line and mobile telephone density surpassed 70 telephones per 100 persons domestic: 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 with approximately 200,000 subscribers in 2006 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) (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
Definition AM 25, FM 1, shortwave 8 (1999) |
Television broadcast stations |
Definition 46 (plus 216 repeaters) (1995) |
Internet country code |
Definition .dz |
Internet hosts |
Definition - World rank and map 2,077 (2007) |
Internet hosts per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 0.1 (2007) |
Internet users |
Definition - World rank and map 2.46 million (2006) |
Internet users per 1,000 people |
Definition - World rank and map 72.8 (2006) |
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Airports |
Definition - World rank and map 150 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
Definition total: 52 over 3,047 m: 10 2,438 to 3,047 m: 27 1,524 to 2,437 m: 10 914 to 1,523 m: 4 under 914 m: 1 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
Definition total: 98 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 1,524 to 2,437 m: 26 914 to 1,523 m: 44 under 914 m: 25 (2007) |
Heliports |
Definition 2 (2007) |
Pipelines |
Definition condensate 1,532 km; gas 13,861 km; liquid petroleum gas 2,408 km; oil 6,878 km (2007) |
Railways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 3,973 km standard gauge: 2,888 km 1.435-m gauge (283 km electrified) narrow gauge: 1,085 km 1.055-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
Definition - World rank and map total: 108,302 km paved: 76,028 km unpaved: 32,274 km (2004) |
Merchant marine |
Definition - World rank and map total: 36 ships (1000 GRT or over) 711,624 GRT/726,711 DWT by type: bulk carrier 6, cargo 8, chemical tanker 2, liquefied gas 10, passenger/cargo 3, petroleum tanker 4, roll on/roll off 2, specialized tanker 1 foreign-owned: 18 (Jordan 4, UK 14) (2008) |
Ports and terminals |
Definition Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda |
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