Editing Mass media in Libya (section)

== Telephones ==

In the course of the [[2011 Libyan civil war]], the government severed the physical communications links between the rebel-held east and the rest of Libya. However, the newer and less centralised Libyana network held copies of the [[Home Location Register#Home location register .28HLR.29|HLR]] and engineers were able to restore some local services. With some assistance from the international community, and funded by an expatriate Libyan, a limited international service became available in mid-April. [[National Transitional Council|NTC]] officials were reported to be negotiating with [[Qtel]], the Qatari-owned service provider, to restore full service to the rebel-held areas.<ref name=AlJazeera>[http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/20114233530919767.html "How 'rebel' phone network evaded shutdown"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006072244/http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/20114233530919767.html |date=6 October 2011 }}, Evan Hill, Al Jazeera, 23 April 2011</ref>

;Telephones:
* 814,000 fixed subscriptions, 12.58 per 100 inhabitants (2012)<ref>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Fixed_tel_2000-2012.xls "Fixed telephone subscriptions 2000-2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225051434/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Fixed_tel_2000-2012.xls |date=25 February 2021 }}, International Telecommunication Union, accessed 26 August 2013</ref> 
* 1,228,300 fixed subscriptions, 19.33 per 100 inhabitants (2010)<ref>[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/material/excel/2010/FixedTelephone_00-10.xls "Fixed telephone subscriptions 2000-2010"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304064026/http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/material/excel/2010/FixedTelephone_00-10.xls |date=4 March 2016 }}, International Telecommunication Union, accessed 6 July 2012</ref>
* &nbsp;&nbsp;9.6 million mobile cellular subscriptions, 148.19 per 100 inhabitants (2012)<ref name=ITUC2000-2012>[http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Fixed_tel_2000-2012.xls "Mobile-cellular subscriptions 2000-2012"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225051434/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/statistics/2013/Fixed_tel_2000-2012.xls |date=25 February 2021 }}, International Telecommunication Union, accessed 26 August 2013</ref>
* 10.9 million mobile cellular subscriptions, 171.52 per 100 inhabitants (2010)<ref name=ITUC2000-2012/>

;Mobile telephone operators:
* [http://www.almadar.ly/ Al Madar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002223046/http://almadar.ly/ |date=2 October 2016 }}
* [[Libyana]]

'''[[International dialing code]]''': +218<ref name=CIAWFB-Libya>[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/libya/ "CIA World Factbook: Libya"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109235257/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/libya |date=9 January 2021 }}, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, 26 June 2012</ref>