Introduction
How is the communication system in Algeria? Here, Broadcast media include Radio Algerienne is the state-run radio broadcast, whereas the National Company of Television (Entreprise Nationale de Télévision (ENTV)) is the primary state-run public broadcasting TV station (2024). 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 | 5.54 million (2023 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 12 (2023 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Percent of population | 71% (2022 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 | 6.324 million (2023 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 14 (2023 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 51.5 million (2023 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 109 (2022 est.) |
All Important Facts about Algeria
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