Communications in Tonga
Encyclopedia
Telephone
s - main lines in use:
14,000 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
35,000 (2007)
Telephone system: Fixed PSTN, GSM 900
domestic:
NA
international:
satellite
earth station - 2 Intelsat
(Pacific Ocean
)
Radio
broadcast
stations:
AM 1 (2005), FM 5 (2005), shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
61,000 (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
4 (2005)
Televisions:
2,000 (1997)
Internet Service Provider
s (ISPs):
2 (2005)
Country code
(Top level domain): TO
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
s - main lines in use:
14,000 (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
35,000 (2007)
Telephone system: Fixed PSTN, GSM 900
domestic:
NA
international:
satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
earth station - 2 Intelsat
Intelsat
Intelsat, Ltd. is a communications satellite services provider.Originally formed as International Telecommunications Satellite Organization , it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast...
(Pacific Ocean
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.At 165.2 million square kilometres in area, this largest division of the World...
)
Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
broadcast
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...
stations:
AM 1 (2005), FM 5 (2005), shortwave 1 (1998)
Radios:
61,000 (1997)
Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
broadcast stations:
4 (2005)
Televisions:
2,000 (1997)
Internet Service Provider
Internet service provider
An Internet service provider is a company that provides access to the Internet. Access ISPs directly connect customers to the Internet using copper wires, wireless or fiber-optic connections. Hosting ISPs lease server space for smaller businesses and host other people servers...
s (ISPs):
2 (2005)
Country code
Country code
Country codes are short alphabetic or numeric geographical codes developed to represent countries and dependent areas, for use in data processing and communications. Several different systems have been developed to do this. The best known of these is ISO 3166-1...
(Top level domain): TO