“It has increased more than 75 times in 6 years.”
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On Sunday, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Sidali Zerrougui, oversaw the ceremony to celebrate reaching the threshold of 4 million subscriptions to the fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) service.
The Minister indicated, during a presentation he gave on this occasion, that the number of subscriptions in June 2020 did not exceed 53 thousand subscriptions.
It will rise to about 1.08 million at the end of 2023, 1.7 million at the end of 2024, and 2.6 million in December 2025, before reaching the threshold of 4 million subscriptions in early October 2026.
“This means that the number of subscriptions has increased more than 75 times in 6 years,” Minister Zerrougui says. Adding that the first nine months of 2026 witnessed the connection of 1.4 million families to the network.
The price of a monthly subscription to an offer with a speed of at least 100 Mbps also decreased, from 9,999 DZD in 2020, to 2,400 DZD currently.
He confirmed Minister In his speech, he stated that “this progress was achieved within the framework of the strategic vision of the President of the Republic, which aims to develop infrastructure and improve services.”
Stressing that “fiber optics is a basic basis for digital public services, economic diversification, and digital sovereignty.”
Before announcing a goal of exceeding 4.4 million subscriptions before the end of 2026, then connecting an additional 300,000 families during the first three-quarters of 2027.
This will coincide with the completion of the transition from copper networks to fiber optics. And continue developing international connectivity capabilities and national access networks.
