Albania Communications

Country Name: Republic of Albania

Capital City: Tirana

Population: 3,563,112 people

Population Growth: 0,52%

Currency: Lek (ALL)

Languages: Albanian

Area: 28,748 sq km

Inflation Rate: 2.5% (2006)

Unemployment Rate: 13.8% official rate, but may exceed 30% due to preponderance of near-subsistence farming (September 2006)

Domain extension: .al

COMMUNICATIONS OF ALBANIA

Telephones - main lines in use:

255,000 (2003)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1.259 million (2004)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 13, FM 46 (3 national, 62 local), shortwave 1 (2005)

Television broadcast stations:

65 (3 national, 62 local); note - 2 cable networks (2005)

Internet country code:

.al

Internet hosts:

430 (2006)

Internet users:

75,000 (2005)

International dialing code: