Communications
Telephones:
862,000 (1991 est.)
Telephone system:
domestic:
excellent 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.)
