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As part of its efforts to improve its urban landscape and rid the country of the 12 million satellite dishes that line balconies and terraces, the Algerian government is launching a pilot project to deliver phone, internet and cable TV services via fibre-optic cable. The project was launched last week by Hamid Bessalah, Algeria’s minister of Post, Information Technology and Communication.
Bessalah is reported to have said that the "damage caused to our cities through the unrestrained proliferation of satellite dishes, which are mushrooming on balconies and building terraces, proved that it was time to put this to a stop and make our facades more presentable".
"This operation is aimed at improving living conditions for the public [by] getting rid of individual satellite dishes, which spoil our urban and village landscapes," said Bessalah.
The new service, offered by Djaweb, a subsidiary of Algérie Télécom, will initially make 60 TV channels available to residents.
A second project is also being considered in the country that would see each building with dishes on the roof instead of one per household. These receivers will distribute Nilesat, Hotbird and Arabsat content to all the building's residents who purchase or rent a decoder.
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