Wallis and Futuna Communications - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Telephones - fixed lines

total subscriptions: 3,000 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 26 (2021 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

total subscriptions: 0 (2018)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0 (2019)

Telecommunication systems

general assessment: 2G widespread; bandwidth is limited; mobile subscriber numbers are higher than fixed-line and better suited for islands; good mobile coverage in the capital cities and also reasonable coverage across more remote atolls; recent international interest in infrastructure development; increase in demand for mobile broadband as mobile services serve as primary source for Internet access; broadband satellite launched in 2019 to improve costs and capability (2020)

domestic: fixed-line teledensity 26 per 100 persons (2021)

international: country code - 681; landing point for the Tui-Samoa submarine cable network connecting Wallis & Futuna, Samoa and Fiji (2020)

Broadcast media

the publicly owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which broadcasts to France's overseas departments, collectivities, and territories, is carried on the RFO Wallis and Fortuna TV and radio stations (2019)

Internet country code

.wf

Internet users

total: 5,496 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 45.8% (2021 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Wallis and Futuna on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Wallis and Futuna 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Wallis and Futuna 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.