Communications in Tuvalu
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This article is about the ways people in Tuvalu can communicate with one another.
Telephone
s - main lines in use:
900 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1300 (2005)
Telephone system:
domestic:
radiotelephone communications between islands
international:
country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite
Radio
broadcast stations:
AM
1, FM
1, shortwave 0 (2004) - Same radio station, TMC (Tuvalu Media Cooperation) broadcasts on both AM and FM.
Radios:
4,000 (1997)
Television
broadcast stations:
0 (1997)
Televisions:
NA
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): TV (see .tv
)
Telephone
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:
900 (2005)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
1300 (2005)
Telephone system:
domestic:
radiotelephone communications between islands
international:
country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite
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 stations:
AM
AM broadcasting
AM broadcasting is the process of radio broadcasting using amplitude modulation. AM was the first method of impressing sound on a radio signal and is still widely used today. Commercial and public AM broadcasting is carried out in the medium wave band world wide, and on long wave and short wave...
1, FM
FM broadcasting
FM broadcasting is a broadcasting technology pioneered by Edwin Howard Armstrong which uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity sound over broadcast radio. The term "FM band" describes the "frequency band in which FM is used for broadcasting"...
1, shortwave 0 (2004) - Same radio station, TMC (Tuvalu Media Cooperation) broadcasts on both AM and FM.
Radios:
4,000 (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:
0 (1997)
Televisions:
NA
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (1999)
Country code (Top level domain): TV (see .tv
.tv
The domain name .tv is the Internet country code top-level domain for the islands of Tuvalu.Except for reserved names like com.tv, net.tv, org.tv and others, any person may register second-level domains in tv...
)
See also
- TuvaluTuvaluTuvalu , formerly known as the Ellice Islands, is a Polynesian island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, midway between Hawaii and Australia. Its nearest neighbours are Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa and Fiji. It comprises four reef islands and five true atolls...