Tunisia Communications:
Telephones — main lines in use:
1,163,800 (2003 est.)
Telephones — mobile cellular:
1,899,900 (2003 est.)
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 est.)
Television broadcast stations:
26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995 est.)
Internet country code:
.tn
Internet hosts:
281 (2004 est.)
Internet users:
630,000 (2003 est.)
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