U.S. Net Index Report on Algeria, One of the Most Underdeveloped Countries for Internet Connection

 It ranked 174 within the global classification, along with ‭Côte d'Ivoire according ‭to Net Index.

Over 95 Algerian companies which provide  Internet Services said the authority for regulating post, wired and wireless telecommunications is responsible for breaking the sector, and destroying the competition in the market of Internet services, because of the severe restrictions that are applied on their activity, and due to  Algerie Telecom's continuing  monopoly at  the port of connection to the global network, writes the website Echorouk.

Algerie Telecom continues to create secondary problems, such as cracking down on the offers for progress, under the pretext of ending the chaos in the internet market, it says.

An expert in communication technologies, Younes Gharrar, told Echorouk that the number of companies operating in the provision of Internet services, voice and video over IP,  was down from 100 companies since three years ago to only  5 companies  because of the  restrictions that are exerted on this activity in Algeria, adding that the foreign experts in the field of new information technologies were unable to explain the reasons and motives behind the destroying the communication technology sector, because  it should be the first operator and producer of the added-value in any country.

In 2005 President Bouteflika during his participation at the World Summit on information that was held in Tunisia, promised access for 6 million families t ocomputers, linked to Internet connection with high speed broadband interconnection  by 2010. He  wondered why  the companies which provide Internet connection in the world continue to gain profits, and  Algerie Telecom continues to achieve losses in spite of the monopoly it enjoys.