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Twelve Television Stations run by the Government.


RADIO


Private Radio Stations

  • Allibya FM (93.4)



Government Run Station


The three Radio Stations are run by the Government .


PRINTED MEDIA


There are four daily newspapers, all controlled and monitored by the government owned Press company "General Press Corporation".


There is also a number of weekly newspapers.


CELLULAR AND GSM


There are two GSM Operators both owned by the government:


INTERNET


Internet and Telecommunications are mainly run by the government through a Semi-Private Telecommunication company LTT(Libya Telecom & Technology), the company moderates and controls the use of Internet in Libya.

The Four ISP's in Libya


STATISTICS

Telephones - main lines in use:
750,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
127,000 (2003)

Telephone system:
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)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 16, FM 3, shortwave 3 (2002)

Radios:
1.35 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:
12 (plus one low-power repeater) (1999)

Televisions:
730,000 (1997)

Internet Service Provider s (ISPs):
4 (2005)

Internet users:
205,000 (2005)

Country Code (Top-level domain): LY


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