Tunisia Communications - 2006

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SOURCE: 2006 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Telephones - main lines in use:
1,203,500 (2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
3.563 million (2004)

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; two international gateway digital switches

Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998)

Television broadcast stations:
26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)

Internet country code:
.tn

Internet hosts:
426 (2005)

Internet users:
835,000 (2005)

NOTE: The information regarding Tunisia on this page is re-published from the 2006 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tunisia Communications 2006 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tunisia Communications 2006 should be addressed to the CIA.