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Other pages in this profile of Albania:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Telephones - main lines in use |
353,600 (2005) |
Telephones - mobile cellular |
1.53 million (2005) |
Telephone system |
general assessment: despite new investment in fixed lines, the density of main lines remains low with roughly 10 lines per 100 people; however, cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density is approximately 60 telephones per 100 persons domestic: offsetting the shortage of fixed line capacity, mobile phone service has been available since 1996; by 2003 two companies were providing mobile services at a greater density than some of Albania's Balkan neighbors; Internet broadband services initiated in 2005; internet cafes are popular in Tirana and have started to spread outside the capital international: country code - 355; submarine cable provides connectivity to Italy, Croatia, and Greece; the Trans-Balkan Line, a combination submarine cable and land fiber optic system, provides additional connectivity to Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Turkey; international traffic carried by fiber-optic cable and, when necessary, by microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece (2007) |
Radio broadcast stations |
AM 13, FM 46, shortwave 1 (2005) |
Television broadcast stations |
65 (3 national, 62 local); 2 cable networks (2005) |
Internet country code |
.al |
Internet hosts |
852 (2007) |
Internet users |
471,200 (2006) |
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Airports |
11 (2007) |
Airports - with paved runways |
total: 3 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2007) |
Airports - with unpaved runways |
total: 8 over 3,047 m: 1 1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 914 to 1,523 m: 1 under 914 m: 4 (2007) |
Heliports |
1 (2007) |
Pipelines |
gas 339 km; oil 207 km (2006) |
Railways |
total: 447 km standard gauge: 447 km 1.435-m gauge (2006) |
Roadways |
total: 18,000 km paved: 7,020 km unpaved: 10,980 km (2002) |
Waterways |
43 km (2007) |
Merchant marine |
total: 24 ships (1000 GRT or over) 56,550 GRT/85,521 DWT by type: cargo 23, roll on/roll off 1 foreign-owned: 1 (Turkey 1) registered in other countries: 3 (Georgia 2, Panama 1) (2007) |
Ports and terminals |
Durres, Sarande, Shengjin, Vlore |
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