Communications of Libya
| Telephones - main lines in use: | 483,000 (2006) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular: | 3.928 million (2006) |
| Telephone system: | 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: country code - 218; 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 (2001) |
| Radios: | 1.35 million (1997) |
| Television broadcast stations: | 12 (plus 1 repeater) (1999) |
| Televisions: | 730,000 (1997) |
| Internet country code: | .ly |
| Internet hosts: | 31 (2006) |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 1 (2002) |
| Internet users: | 205,000 (2005) |