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Libya: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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500,000 (1998)
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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20,000 (1998)
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: telecommunications system is being modernized; mobile cellular telephone system became operational in 1996
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)
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2002)
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Radios:
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1.35 million (1997)
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Television broadcast stations:
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12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)
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Televisions:
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730,000 (1997)
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Internet country code:
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.ly
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
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1 (2002)
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Internet users:
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20,000 (2001)
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