General Posts and Telecommunications Company

The General Posts and Telecommunications Company (GPTC) is the state-owned organisation responsible for overseeing all postal and telecommunication services in Libya.[1] This includes fixed telephony, satellite communications, mobile telephony (in partnership with Al Madar and Libyana Mobile Phone) and other Libyan internet service providers.[2]

The company was established in 1984 with 70 telecom offices and 340 postal offices and 8 postal distributions centers,[1] with the main post office is located in Tripoli.[3] Libya has been a UPU member since 1952.[4]

The company is the main internet provider in Libya, and it cut internet connections between Libya and the rest of the world very shortly after the beginning of the protests against the Gaddafi regime that would result in the Libyan Civil War in progress. Internet was restored 21 August 2011.[5]

  1. ^ a b "About GPTC". General Posts and Telecommunications Company. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  2. ^ See Cyber Dawn document analysing Libyan communications and early response to civil war at [1] Archived 28 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Ham, Anthony (2002). Libya. London: Lonely Planet. p. 101. ISBN 0-86442-699-2.
  4. ^ "Universal Postal Union – Libyan Jamahiriya". Universal Postal Union. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  5. ^ Batty, David (19 February 2011). "Libya and Bahrain protests – Saturday 19 February". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 August 2017.