Basic Country Facts

Communications Telephones: 370,000 Telephone system: modern telecommunications system domestic: microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, tropospheric scatter, and a domestic satellite system with 14 earth stations international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean); planned Arabsat and Intersputnik satellite earth stations; submarine cables to France and Italy; microwave radio relay to Tunisia and Egypt; tropospheric scatter 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.)