Telecommunications
in Tunisia
From
Wikipedia
Telecommunications in Tunisia
includes telephones (fixed and mobile), radio, television, and the Internet.
The Ministry of Communication Technologies, a cabinet-level governmental
agency, is in charge of organizing the sector.
Telephones
See also:
Telephone numbers in Tunisia
- International calling code: 216 (for calls from outside of Tunisia)
- International call prefix: 00 (for international calls from within Tunisia)
- Fixed lines: 1,279,000 (2009), 1,214,000 (2005); 654,000 (1997)
- Mobile cellular: 9,754,000 (2009),7,200,000 (2007); 1,911,648 (2003); 50,000 (1998)
- Teledensity: ~100 telephones per 100 persons (fixed-line and mobile-cellular combined)
System: Above the African average and
continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis;
telephone network is completely digitized
domestic: trunk facilities consist of
open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay
international: 5 submarine cables; 2
satellite earth stations - Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and Arabsat; coaxial cable
and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel; 2
international gateway digital switches
Radio and
television
See also:
Tunisian Radio and Television Establishment (ERTT)
- Radio stations: AM 7; FM 20; shortwave 2 (1998)
- Radios: 2.06 million (1997)
- Television stations: 26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)
- Televisions: 920,000 (1997)
- Households with television: 91.7% (2003)
Broadcasters are mainly
government-controlled; the state-run Tunisian Radio and Television
Establishment (ERTT) operates 2 national television networks, several national
radio networks, and a number of regional radio stations; 1 TV and 3 radio
stations are privately-owned and report domestic news stories directly from the
official Tunisian news agency; the state retains control of broadcast
facilities and transmitters through L'Office National de la Telediffusion;
Tunisians also have access to Egyptian, pan-Arab, and European satellite TV
channels (2007)
Prior to the Tunisian revolution
there were four private radio stations operating in Tunisia: Mosaïque FM, Chems
FM, Jawhara FM and Express FM. In June 2011, following the Tunisian revolution,
a recommendation to license twelve new private radio stations was forwarded to
the interim Prime Minister. In August 2011 none of the recommendations had been
acted upon. However, one of the stations, Radio 6, is broadcasting without a
license.
Internet
Main
articles: Internet in Tunisia and Tunisian Internet Agency
- Top level domain (TLD): .tn
- Access: Available throughout the country using a fibre-optic backbone
- Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 12 (2005)
- International bandwidth: 37.5 Gbit/s in 2010, up from 1.3 Gbit/s in 2006
- Internet users: 3,600,000 (2010),840,000 (2005); 410,000 (2001)
- Internet penetration: 33.9% (2010)
- Broadband Internet subscribers: 372,818 or 3.6% (2009), 43,845 or 0.4% (2006)
- Facebook subscribers: 2,602,640 (2011)
- Facebook penetration: 24.5% (2011)
- Public CyberCafés: 350 (2005)
Information
and communications technology
The Tunisian
government considers information and communications technology (ICT) an
important tool to boost the country’s economy and to adapt the education system
to the opportunities available from using Information Technology (IT) as a
tool. E-commerce, e-learning, and e-medicine are all areas of strong interest
where the Government is seeking international partnership and investments.
During the last 15 years, several important efforts were made to invest in ICT
and the Internet. Physical infrastructures were modernised. In July 2004 the
World Bank approved a $13 million loan to the Tunisian government to support
the government effort in accelerating its ICT reforms. Though, beyond the high
priority the government is giving to ICT, development of telecommunications in
Tunisia has been slower than expected compared to other developing countries in
Middle East and North Africa.
2005 World
Summit on the Information Society
Main
article: World Summit on the Information Society
The first
World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was held in Geneva in 2003.
Tunisia hosted the second World Summit in November 2005. The Tunisian
government took the initiative to host the summit in 1998. It was organised by
the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) under the auspices of UNESCO. A
declaration of Principles and Plan of Action were approved in order to bridge
the digital gap between developing and developed countries within the World
Information Society.
VSAT INTERNET FOR TURNISIA
Turnisia
is within our satellite KU band service coverage via SES-4, AM44 and ARABSAT.
See footprints below.
See
above the Middle East Map and trace Turnisia to the satellite coverage
below. This means Turnisia people can avail of a two way data, voice,
video and internet communications to the rest of the globe via any of these
covering communication satellites.
What
will be required are an ODU (Out Door Unit) composed of satellite dish antenna
(VSAT), penetrating or non penetrating mount which can be aligned to the
serving satellite by qualified engineer in no time; and an IDU (In Door Unit)
composed of satellite modem or receiver/transmitter and a connection to
the end user LAN (Local Area Network).
Governorates and cities
Ariana, Béja, Ben Arous, Bizerte, Gabès, Gafsa,
Jendouba, Kairouan, Kasserine, Kebili, Kef,Mahdia, Manouba, Medenine,
Monastir, Nabeul, Sfax, Sidi Bou Zid, Siliana,
Sousse, Tataouine, Tozeur, Tunis, Zaghouan.
Delegations of Tunis:
(Ariana)Delegations
of Ariana:Ariana Medina,Ettadhamen,Kalaat El Andalous, Mnihla, Raoued, Sidi Thabet, Soukra.(Beja)Delegations
of Beja:Amdoun,Beja North,Beja South, Goubellat, Mejez El Bab,Nefza, Teboursouk, Testour, Thibar.(Ben
Arous)Delegations of Ben Arous:en Arous,oumhel,l Mourouj, zzahra, ouchana, ammam
Chott,ammam Lif,'Hamdia,edina Jedida,egrine,ornag,ades.(Bizerte)Delegations of
Bizerte:izerte North,izerte South,joumime,l Alia,har El Melh,hezala,ateur,enzel
Bourguiba, enzel Jemil, as Jebel,ejenane,inja,tique,arzouna.(Gabès)Delegations of
Gabès:Gabes Medina, Gabes West,Gabes South, Ghannouch, Hamma, Mareth, Matmata, New
Matmata ,Menzel Habib, Metouia.(Gafsa)Delegations of Gafsa: Belkhir, Gafsa North,
Gafsa South, Guetar, Ksar, Mdhilla, Metlaoui, Oum Larais, Redeyef, Sened, Sidi
Aich.(Jendouba)Delegations of Jendouba:ïn Draham,alta,ousalem, ernana, hardimaou, endouba,endouba
Nord,ued Mliz,abarka.(Kairouan)Delegations of Kairouan:Alaa,ouhajla, hebika, hrarda, affouz, ajeb
El Ayoun,airouan North,airouan South,asrallah, ueslatia, bikha.(Kasserine)Delegations
of Kasserine:Ayoun,Ezzouhour,Feriana,Foussana, Hassi El Ferid, Hidra, Jedeliane, Kasserine
North,Kasserine South, Majel Belabbes,Sbeitla,Sbiba,Thala.(Kebili)Delegations of
Kebili:ouz North,ouz South, aouar,ebili North,ebili South,ouk El Ahed.(Kef)Delegations
of Kef:Dahmani,Es Sers, Jerissa,Kalaa Khasbat,Kalaat Senane,Kef East,Kef West, Ksour, Nebeur, Sakiet
Sidi Youssef, Tajerouine.(Mahdia)Delegations of Mahdia:oumerdes,hebba,horbane,l
Djem,bira,sour Essef,ahdia,elloulech,uled Chamekh,idi Alouane, ouassi.(Manouba)Delegations
of Manouba:orj El Amri,ouar Hicher,l Battan,edaida, anouba, ornaguia, ued Ellil,ebourba.(Medenine)Delegations
of Medenine:Ben Guerdane,Beni Khedache,Djerba Ajim,Djerba Midoun, Djerba Houmt
Souk, Medenine North, Medenine South,Sidi Makhlouf,Zarzis.(Monastir)Delegations
of Monastir:ekalta,embla,eni Hassen, ammel, sar Hellal, sibet El Mediouni, oknine, Monastir,
Ouerdanine, Sahline,Sayada-Lamta-Bou Hjar, Teboulba, Zeramdine.(Nabeul)Delegations
of Nabeul:eni Khalled, eni Khiar,ou Argoub,ar Chaabane El Fehri, al Mida, rombalia, ammam
Ghezaz, mmamet,a ouaria, elibia, orba, enzel Bouzelfa,enzel Temime, abeul, oliman, akelsa.(Sfax)Delegations
of Sfax:Agareb,Bir Ali Ben Khelifa,El Amra, El Ghraiba, Hencha, Jebeniana, Kerkennah, Mahres, Menzel
Chaker, Sakiet Eddaier , Sakiet Ezzit, Sfax Medina, Sfax West,Sfax South, Skhira.(Sidi
Bou Zid)Delegations of Sidi Bou Zid:ir El Hfay,elma, azzouna, eknassi, enzel
Bouzaiene,uled Haffouz,egueb,abalat Ouled Asker,idi Ali Ben Aoun,idi Bouzid
East,idi Bouzid West,ouk Jedid.(Siliana)Delegations of Siliana:Bargou, Bouarada, Bourouis,El
Krib, Gaafour, Kesra, Makthar, Rouhia, Siliana North, Siliana South.(Sousse)Delegations
of Sousse:kouda, ouficha, nfidha, ammam Sousse, ergla, alaa Kebira, alaa Sghira, ondar,'Saken, idi
Bou Ali,idi El Heni, ousse Jaouhara, ousse Medina, ousse Riadh, ousse Sidi
Abdelhamid.taouine)legations of Tataouine:ir Lahmar, hiba, homrassen,emada,amar,
ataouine North, ataouine South.zeur)legations of Tozeur:egueche,azoua,efta,amaghza,ozeur.nis)legations
of Tunis:b Bhar, ab Souika,ardo,ouhaira,arthage,l Khadra,l Menzah,l Ouardia,l
Tahrir, zzouhour, rairia,ebel Jelloud,abaria,a Goulette, a Marsa, e Kram, edina, mrane,
mrane Superieur, idi El Bechir,idi Hassine,ijoumi.(Zaghouan)Delegations of
Zaghouan: Bir Mchergua, Fahs, Nadhour, Saouaf, Zaghouan, Zriba.
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