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Introduction - Albania: | Location - Albania: | People - Albania: | Government - Albania: | Economy - Albania: | Communications - Albania: | Fiscal year | calendar year | | Telephones main lines in use | 353,600 (2005) | | Telephones mobile cellular | 1.53 million (2005) | | Telephone system | general assessment: despite new investment in fixed lines, the density of main lines remains the lowest in Europe with roughly 7 lines per 100 people; however, cellular telephone use is widespread and generally effective
domestic: offsetting the shortage of fixed line capacity, mobile phone service has been available since 1996; by 2003 two companies were providing mobile services at a greater density than some of Albanias Balkan neighbors
international: country code - 355; inadequate fixed main lines; adequate cellular connections; international traffic carried by fiber optic cable and, when necessary, by microwave radio relay from the Tirana exchange to Italy and Greece (2003) | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 13, FM 46, shortwave 1 (2005) | | Television broadcast stations | 65 (3 national, 62 local); 2 cable networks (2005) | | Internet country code | .al | | Internet hosts | 430 (2006) | | Internet users | 471,200 (2006) | |
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