Tunisia: Communication#
| Telephones - fixed lines | total subscriptions: 943,508 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (July 2015 est.) |
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| Telephones - mobile cellular | total: 14.598 million subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 132 (July 2015 est.) |
| Telephone system | general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; telephone network is completely digitized; Internet access available throughout the country domestic: in an effort to jumpstart expansion of the fixed-line network, the government awarded a concession to build and operate a VSAT network with international connectivity; rural areas are served by wireless local loops; competition between several mobile-cell international: country code - 216; a landing point for the SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable system that provides links to Europe, Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria a (2015) |
| Broadcast media | broadcast media is mainly government-controlled; the state-run Tunisian Radio and Television Establishment (ERTT) operates 2 national TV networks, several national radio networks, and a number of regional radio stations; 1 TV and 3 radio stations are priv (2007) |
| Internet country code | .tn |
| Internet users | total: 5.355 million percent of population: 48.5% (July 2015 est.) |