Private radio stations

• Allibya FM (93.4)

• Tribute FM
  Tribute FM
  Tribute FM is an English-language radio station targeting a Libyan audience both inside and outside the country. It was launched in May 2011 during the country's civil war. It is opposed to the government of Muammar al-Gaddafi....
  
  : An English-language internet station broadcasting from Benghazi. Website

Printed media

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

• Al-Shames (Al-Shames Daily Newspaper)
• AlJamhirya (AlJamahirya Daily Newspaper)
• Alhjadeed (Al-Fajr Aljadeed Daily Newspaper)
• Azzahf Alakhder (Azzahf Alakhder Daily Newspaper)

There are also a number of weekly newspapers.

Cellular and GSM

There are two GSM mobile telephone network operators, both owned by the government:

• Al Madar (Al Madar)
• Libyana
  Libyana
  Libyana was a Libyan mobile phone company established in 2004. It was one of two mobile phone operators owned by the General Posts and Telecommunications Company .Muhammad Gaddafi, the eldest son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, was the chairman...
  
  

In the course of the 2011 Libyan civil war

2011 Libyan civil war

The 2011 Libyan civil war was an armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginning on 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security...

, 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 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. NTC

National Transitional Council

The National Transitional Council of Libya , sometimes known as the Transitional National Council, the Interim National Council, or the Libyan National Council,...

 officials were reported to be negotiating with Qtel

Qtel

Qtel used to be the exclusive telecommunications provider in Qatar and is one of the largest public companies in Qatar with about 2000 employees. It was successfully launched on the Doha Securities Market in 1998 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1999, the Bahrain Stock Exchange in 2001...

, the Qatari-owned service provider, to restore full service to the rebel-held areas.

Internet in Libya

Internet

Internet

The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...

 and telecommunications are mainly run by the government through a semi-private telecommunication company Libya Telecom & Technology

Libya Telecom & Technology

Libya Telecom & Technology was established in 1997 as a private company. LTT was Libya's main and biggest Internet service provider offering both dial-up and broadband Internet to customers Libya wide. LTT was bought out by the General Posts and Telecommunications Company in 2004...

. The company moderates and controls the use of the Internet in Libya.

The four ISP's in Libya are:

• AlFalak
• Bayt Al Shams (BsISP)
• Libya Telecom & Technology
  Libya Telecom & Technology
  Libya Telecom & Technology was established in 1997 as a private company. LTT was Libya's main and biggest Internet service provider offering both dial-up and broadband Internet to customers Libya wide. LTT was bought out by the General Posts and Telecommunications Company in 2004...
  
   (LTT)
• Modern World Telecom

The Internet and the civil war

On 18 February 2011, the day after the first protests that were to lead to the 2011 Libyan civil war

2011 Libyan civil war

The 2011 Libyan civil war was an armed conflict in the North African state of Libya, fought between forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and those seeking to oust his government. The war was preceded by protests in Benghazi beginning on 15 February 2011, which led to clashes with security...

, Libya appeared to have withdrawn all of its BGP

Border Gateway Protocol

The Border Gateway Protocol is the protocol backing the core routing decisions on the Internet. It maintains a table of IP networks or 'prefixes' which designate network reachability among autonomous systems . It is described as a path vector protocol...

 prefix announcements from the Internet for a short period, cutting it off from the rest of the global Internet. The prefix were re-advertised six hours later.

There was no traffic for several hours on 19 and 20 February. Service picked up over the next few days to almost normal levels until, at 6:00am on 3 March, traffic effectively ceased (except for very limited satellite links). The government had severed the underwater backbone fibre-optic cable that runs along the coast, linking networks in the east and servers in the west of the country. Engineers reckon the break is between the cities of Misrata and Khoms, and may be a physical or electronic rupture.

From 10 July traffic began increasing again, and after a brief shutdown on 15 July, it was reaching about 15% of its pre-17 February levels up to 22 August, the day Tripoli fell to the rebels. Traffic began increasing again at that point, and (as of 2 September) was reaching daily levels in excess of 50% and often as high as 75% of pre-war levels.

Statistics

Telephones - main lines in use:
750,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
3,250,000 (2007)

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 Provider

Internet service provider

An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...

s (ISPs):
4 (2005)

Internet users:
205,000 (2005)

Country code (Top-level domain): LY