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Algeria
Internet Usage and
Marketing Report
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Country
Profile:
Algeria officially - the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
- is a country in north Africa, and the second largest country on the African
continent, Sudan being the largest. It is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast,
Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest,
and Morocco as well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, Western Sahara,
in the west.
Internet Usage Statistics:
2,460,000
Internet users as of August/07, 7.3% of the population,
according to ITU.
Latest Population
Estimate:
33,506,567
population for 2007, according to world-gazetteer.
Gross National
Income:
GNI per
capita ('03) is US$ 2,730 ('06) according to the World
Bank.
Country Area:
2,381,741 sq
km
Country Statistics:
Algeria Statistiques
Algeria National Statistics Office.
Algerian Internet Usage and
Population Growth:
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YEAR
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Users
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Population
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% Pen.
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Usage
Source
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2000
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50,000
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31,795,500
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0.2
%
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ITU
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2005
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1,920,000
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33,033,546
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5.8
%
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ITU
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2007
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2,460,000
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33,506,567
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7.3
%
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ITU
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Algeria -
Telecoms Market Overview, Statistics & Forecasts
Algeria
Telecommunications Report
Algeria’s mobile market exceeded all expectations when it continued
to grow by around 200% for the fourth year in a row and soared past the 45%
penetration mark. The country’s fixed-line market lags behind the other
relatively affluent North African countries, but accelerated developments in
this sector can be expected from 2006 onwards resulting from the upcoming
privatisation of the country’s incumbent telco, Algerie Telecom, the
recent launch of second fixed-line operator Lacom, a nationwide WiMAX network
and several VoIP Internet telephony providers. Improved fixed-line and wireless
infrastructure will also stimulate the country’s underdeveloped Internet
market, as will the introduction of Third Generation (3G) mobile technology
which is currently being trialed.
Africa Market
and Telecommunications Reports
The latest and most complete information about the African Telecommunications
sector, in exclusive research reports prepared by Paul Budde Communications.
Further reading on Algeria:
Africa Market
and Telecommunications Reports
Get the latest information about Africa from the largest
global telecommunications research site on the Web.
Arabji Algeria
Website
Algeria news, lifestyle, money, news, sports, politics,
top stories, and important links can be found here.
Algeria Newspapers
Links
Most important daily news and information from
Algeria here.
Algeria Country
Analysis Brief
Brief economic and energy sector overview of
Algeria. Following years of civil war and political unrest, Algeria now
is experiencing a significant economic upturn, in large part aided by
strong oil and natural gas export revenues. Real gross domestic product
(GDP) growth is expected to reach 6.4 percent in 2006, following estimated
growth of 5.2 percent in 2005. The sharp increase in oil export revenues
that Algeria has enjoyed during the past few years has caused the country's
foreign reserves to rebound sharply. In late 2005, foreign reserves totaled
over $56 billion, compared to $43 billion and $32 billion at the end of 2004
and 2003, respectively. recommended reading.
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