Communication in Libya
Telephone System
General Assesment
Telecommunications system is being modernized; mobile cellular telephone system became operational in 1996; combined fixed line and mobile telephone density reached 75 telephones per 100 persons in 2006.
Domestic
Microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, cellular, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations.
International
Satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cables to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (1999).
International Dialing Code
218
Radio Broadcast Stations
AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2001)
Television Broadcast Stations
12 (plus 1 repeater) (1999)
Internet Top Level Domain
.ly
Internet Users
232,000
Broadband Internet Users
Unknown
