Introduction
How is the communication system in Algeria? Here, Broadcast media include state-run Radio-Television Algerienne operates the broadcast media and carries programming in Arabic, Berber dialects, and French; use of satellite dishes is widespread, providing easy access to European and Arab satellite stations; state-run radio operates several national networks and roughly 40 regional radio stations. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Algeria
Internet country code .dz
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 3,790,459 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 9 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 31.24 million (2021 est.)
Percent of population 71% (2021 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment Algeria has a steadily developing telecom infrastructure with growth encouraged by supportive regulatory measures and by government policies aimed at delivering serviceable internet connections across the country; mobile broadband is largely based on 3G and LTE, and the data rates are also low in global terms; LTE is available in all provinces, investment is required from the mobile network operators (MNOs) to improve the quality of service; the state has previously been hesitant to commit to 5G, instead encouraging the MNOs to undertake upgrades to LTE infrastructure before investing in commercial 5G services; in March 2022, the state is in the process of freeing up the requisite spectrum to enable the MNOs to launch 5G services sometime this year; fixed internet speeds remain slow (2022)
Domestic A limited network of fixed-lines with a teledensity of slightly less than 12 telephones per 100 persons has been offset by the rapid increase in mobile-cellular subscribership; mobile-cellular teledensity was approximately 106 telephones per 100 persons in 2020 (2021)
International Country code - 213; ALPAL-2 is a submarine telecommunications cable system in the Mediterranean Sea linking Algeria and the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca; ORVAL is a submarine cable to Spain; landing points for the TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/SeaMeWe-4 fiber-optic submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, the Middle East, and Asia; MED cable connecting Algeria with France; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; Algeria part of the 4,500 Km terrestrial Trans Sahara Backbone network which connects to other fiber networks in the region; Alcomstat-1 satellite offering  telemedicine network (2020)
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 5.576 million (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 12 (2022 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 49.019 million (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 109 (2022 est.)
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Algeria is found in Northern Africa