Telephones - main lines in use: Telephones - mobile cellular: Telephone system:
Broadcast media: Internet hosts: Internet users:
814,000 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 85
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]
9.59 million (2012)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]
general assessment:
telecommunications system is state-owned and service is poor, but investment is being made to upgrade; state retains monopoly in fixed-line services; mobile-cellular telephone system became operational in 1996
domestic:
multiple providers for a mobile telephone system that is growing rapidly; combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity has soared
international:
country code - 218; satellite earth stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat, and NA Intersputnik; submarine cable to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter to Greece; participant in Medarabtel (2010)
state-funded and private TV stations; some provinces operate local TV stations; pan-Arab satellite TV stations are available; state-funded radio (2012)
17,926 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 121
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
353,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 124
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]
Libya Communications 2015
https://photius.com/world_fact_book_2015/libya/libya_communications.html
SOURCE: 2015 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
