Telephones 862,000 (1991 est.)

Telephone system
domestic: good service in north but sparse in south; domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic earth stations are planned)
international: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial cable to Morocco and Tunisia; participant in Medarabtel; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat

Radio broadcast stations AM 26, FM 0, shortwave 0

Radios 6 million (1991 est.)

Television broadcast stations 18

Televisions 2 million (1993 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Algeria on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Algeria Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Algeria Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.