Libya Communications 1997

Telephones 370,000

Telephone system modern telecommunications system
domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, tropospheric scatter, and a domesticsatellite system with 14 earth stations
international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 IndianOcean); planned Arabsat and Intersputnik satellite earth stations; submarinecables to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; troposphericscatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel

Radio broadcast stations AM 17, FM 3, shortwave 0

Radios 1 million (1993 est.)

Television broadcast stations 12 (1987 est.)

Televisions 500,000 (1993 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Libya on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Libya Communications 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Libya Communications 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.