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Contents 1 Television 2 Radio 2.1 Private Radio Stations 2.2 Government Run Station 3 Printed Media 4 Cellular and GSM 5 Internet 6 Statistics 7 See also 8 References

Twelve Television Stations run by the Government.

• Allibya FM (93.4)

The three Radio Stations are run by the Government .

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

• Al-Shames Daily Newspaper
• AlJamahirya Daily Newspaper
• Al-Fajr Aljadeed Daily Newspaper
• Azzahf Alakhder Daily Newspaper

There is also a number of weekly newspapers.

There are two GSM Operators both owned by the government:

• Al Madar
• Libyana

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

• AlFalak
• Bayt Al Shams (BsISP)
• Libya Telecom & Technology (LTT)
• Modern World Telecom

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 Providers (ISPs): 4 (2005)

Internet users: 205,000 (2005)

Country code (Top-level domain): LY

• Libya
• Media in Libya