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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 178
31,000 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 197
54,300 (2009)
Telephone system
General assessment
Competition between Tonga Telecommunications Corporation (TCC) and Shoreline Communications Tonga (SCT) is accelerating expansion of telecommunications; SCT granted approval to introduce high-speed digital service for telephone, Internet, and television while TCC has exclusive rights to operate the mobile-phone network; international telecom services are provided by government-owned Tonga Telecommunications International (TTI) Domestic Combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity about 70 telephones per 100 persons; fully automatic switched network International Country code - 676; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2009) Broadcast media
2 state-owned TV stations and 2 privately-owned TV stations; satellite and cable TV services are available; 2 state-owned and 3 privately-owned radio stations; Radio Australia broadcasts available satellite (2009) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 117
20,766 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 202
8,400 (2009)
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Tonga - unique among Pacific nations - never completely lost its indigenous governance. The archipelagos of "The Friendly Islands" were united into a Polynesian kingdom in 1845. Tonga became a constitutional monarchy in 1875 and a British protectorate in 1900; it withdrew from the protectorate and joined the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970. Tonga remains the only monarchy in the Pacific.