Communications of Tunisia
Telephones - main lines in use: | 1.268 million (2006) |
Telephones - mobile cellular: | 7.339 million (2006) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet access available domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay international: country code - 216; 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel; 2 international gateway digital switches |
Radio broadcast stations: | AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998) |
Radios: | 2.06 million (1997) |
Television broadcast stations: | 26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995) |
Televisions: | 920,000 (1997) |
Internet country code: | .tn |
Internet hosts: | 428 (2006) |
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): | 1 (2000) |
Internet users: | 953,800 (2005) |