Sunday 23 February 2025 
BY: Hana Saada
ALGIERS- The number of subscribers to fixed-line networks exceeded 5.57 million till December 31, 2022, compared to 5.09 million in the same period of 2021, an increase of 9.40%, according to the latest report from the Post and Electronic Communications Regulatory Authority (ARPCE).
Of the 5.57 million subscribers to fixed-line networks (wired, 4G LTE and FTTH), more than 5.12 million were residential subscribers and 450,093 business subscribers.
The authority also specified that of the total number of subscribers to fixed telephony networks till December 31, 3.66 million were subscribers to wired networks and 1.42 million to 4G LTE wireless networks.
The number of subscribers to the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network has seen a significant increase, from 167,244 customers till December 31, 2021 to 478,172 till December 31, 2022.
The ARPCE also noted that the proportion of households with a fixed telephone line reached 75.80% till December 31, 2022, an increase of nearly 6.4% compared to the same period of 2021.
The penetration rate of fixed telephony also experienced an evolution (+1.06% in the space of one year), going from 11.57% at the end of the 4th quarter of 2021 to 12.63% at the end of the same period of 2022.
This report was drawn up according to an Algerian population estimated at 44.14 million inhabitants and a number of households estimated at 7.35 million as of December 31, 2022.