The General Posts and
Telecommunications Company (GPTC) is the national operator and regulator for all
telecommunications services.
Teledensity:
- Total: 10.05
(1999)
- Largest cities:
11.63 (1999)
- Rest of the Country:
9.33 (1999)
Digital main lines: 70%
(1999)
Waiting list for a telephone
line: 80,000 (1999)
Telephone Tariff (1999):
| PSTN connection
charge - residential |
US$ 124.00 |
| PSTN connection
charge - business |
US$ 533.00 |
| PSTN monthly
subscription - residential |
US$ 4.600 |
| PSTN monthly
subscription - business |
US$ 46.10 |
| PSTN three minute
local call |
US$ 0.03 |
Source:
World Telecommunication Indicators 2000/2001
Public telephones: 450
(1999)
Public telephones per 1000
inhabitants: 0.08 (1999)
Mobile cellular subscribers:
20,000 (1999)
GSM cellular services are provided
by El Madar Telephone Company (Orbit Company), a subsidiary of GPTC,
under an unlimited licence covering the coastal zone, Zuwarah, Tripoli, and Al Uarabutti.
Cellular subscribers as a % of
total telephone subscribers: 3.8 (1999)
Mobile cellular tariffs:
na
Telecommunications revenue (M
US$): 235 (1999)
Telecommunications investment (M
US$): 110.6 (1999)
Telecommunications investment as
a % of revenue: 47.1 (1999)
Telecom equipment exports (M
US$): na
Telecom equipment imports (M
US$): na
Telecentres: na
Facsimiles: na
Radio Broadcaster: Libyan
Jamahiriya Broadcasting is the state-owned radio broadcaster.
Television Broadcaster: Libya
Television is the state-owned television broadcaster.
Television
Broadcasting services: ORBIT
- The Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network which is
the world's first fully-digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual, direct-to-home, payTV and
radio satellite service, with over 30 television and radio channels, based in Saudi
Arabia.
Radios per
100 inhabitants: 23.10 (1995)
Television
receivers per 100 inhabitants: 13.6 (1999)
Pay TV
decoders: na
Cable TV
subscribers: na
Home
satellite dishes/antennas: 6,800 (1999)
