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Telephones - main lines in use:
1.228 million (2010)
country comparison to the world: 70
[see also: Telephones - main lines in use country ranks ]

Telephones - mobile cellular:
10.9 million (2010)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Telephones - mobile cellular country ranks ]

Telephone system:
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 approaching 190 telephones per 100 persons in 2010
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 (2009)

Broadcast media:
state controls broadcast media; state-owned terrestrial TV station and about a half-dozen state-owned satellite stations broadcast; some provinces operate local TV stations; a single, non-state-owned TV station launched in 2007; pan-Arab satellite TV stations are available; state-owned radio broadcasts on a number of frequencies, some of which carry regional programming; Voice of Africa, Libya's external radio service, can also be heard; a single, non-state-owned radio station broadcasting (2007)

Internet country code:
.ly

Internet hosts:
17,787 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 119
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
353,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 124
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]