Telecommunications in Tonga includeradio,television,telephones, andthe Internet.
Main lines in use:11,000 (2021)[1]
Telephones - mobile cellular:64,000 (2021)[2]
Telephone system:
Fixed PSTN, GSM 900
Main Island has 4G mobile.[3]
domestic:NA
international:satellite earth station - 2Intelsat (Pacific Ocean))
Broadcast stations:AM 1 (2005), FM 5 (2005), shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:61,000 (1997)
Broadcast stations:4 (2005)
Televisions:2,000 (1997)
In April 2002 theTongasat company started its own satellite telecommunication service when it obtained theEsiafi 1 (former private American Comstar D4) satellite (launched in 1981) that was moved to Tonga's owngeostationary point.
Internet service providers (ISPs):2 (2005)
Country code (Top level domain):.to
Broadband internet communication is provided by theTonga Cable System that went online in April 2018.[4]
On 15 January 2022, following avolcanic eruption on the island of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, the Tonga Cable System was severed, leaving the country without Internet access.[5] Using a satellite dish at theUniversity of the South Pacific, the telecommunications companyDigicel provided limited 2G coverage to the island of Tongatapu, as well as giving residents free SIM cards.[6][7]
