Short facts about communications in Tunisia

Telephones - main lines in use:

654,000 (1997)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

50,000 (1998)

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:  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)

Radios:

2.06 million (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)

Televisions:

920,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.tn

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

1 (2000)

Internet users:

110,000 (2000)

Source: World Factbook