Telecommunications in Tonga

{{See|Telephone numbers in Tonga}}

Main lines in use:

11,000 (2021){{cite web| url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tonga/| title = The World Factbook| date = 6 January 2022}}

Telephones - mobile cellular:

64,000 (2021){{cite web| url = https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/tonga/| title = The World Factbook| date = 6 January 2022}}

Telephone system:

Fixed PSTN, GSM 900

Main Island has 4G mobile. {{cite web| url = https://www.traveltomtom.net/destinations/oceania/tonga/sim-card-tonga/| title = Traveltomtom| date = 12 June 2023}}

domestic:

NA

international:

satellite earth station - 2 Intelsat (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 the Tongasat company started its own satellite telecommunication service when it obtained the Esiafi 1 (former private American Comstar D4) satellite (launched in 1981) that was moved to Tonga's own geostationary point.

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

2 (2005)

Country code (Top level domain): .to

Broadband internet communication is provided by the Tonga Cable System that went online in April 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.looptonga.com/tonga-news/successful-completion-tonga-domestic-cable-system-75063|title = Successful completion of Tonga Domestic Cable System|date = 27 March 2018}}

On 15 January 2022, following a volcanic eruption on the island of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, the Tonga Cable System was severed, leaving the country without Internet access.{{Cite web|title=Alert: Internet has been severed in #Tonga|url=https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1482402105654657025|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Twitter|language=en-GB}} Using a satellite dish at the University of the South Pacific, the telecommunications company Digicel provided limited 2G coverage to the island of Tongatapu, as well as giving residents free SIM cards.{{Cite news|date=2022-01-24|title=How will Tonga's broken internet cable be mended?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60069066|access-date=2022-01-25}}{{Cite web|last=Duckett|first=Chris|title=Digicel reconnects Tongan users via satellite to rest of the world|url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/digicel-reconnects-tongan-users-via-satellite-to-rest-of-the-world/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=ZDNet|language=en}}

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