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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 225
1,600 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 216
2,500 (2009)
Telephone system
General assessment
Serves particular needs for internal communications Domestic Radiotelephone communications between islands International Country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite Broadcast media
No TV stations; many households use satellite dishes to watch foreign TV stations; 1 government-owned radio station, Radio Tuvalu, includes relays of programming from international broadcasters (2009) Internet country code
.tv
Internet hosts World Ranking: 80
138,579 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 205
4,200 (2008)
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In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over a 12-year period.