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Telecommunication systems
Tuvalu — 34 years of data
Historical Values
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1990 | stations--1 AM, no FM, no TV; 300 radiotelephones; 4,000 radio receivers; 108 telephones |
| 1991 | stations--1 AM, no FM, no TV; 300 radiotelephones; 4,000 radios; 108 telephones |
| 1992 | broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV; 300 radiotelephones; 4,000 radios; 108 telephones |
| 1993 | broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV; 300 radiotelephones; 4,000 radios; 108 telephones |
| 1994 | broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV; 300 radiotelephones; 4,000 radios; 108 telephones |
| 1995 | 108 telephones; 300 radiotelephones local: NA intercity: NA international: NA |
| 1997 | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: NA |
| 1998 | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: NA |
| 1999 | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: NA |
| 2000 | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: NA |
| 2001 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: NA |
| 2002 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: NA |
| 2003 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: NA |
| 2004 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688 |
| 2005 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2006 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2007 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2008 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2009 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2010 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2011 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2012 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2013 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite (2007) |
| 2014 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite (2007) |
| 2015 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands | international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite (2007) |
| 2016 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands | international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite (2015) |
| 2017 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands | international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite (2015) |
| 2018 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications (2015) | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands (2015) | international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite (2015) |
| 2019 | general assessment: serves particular needs for internal communications; small global scale of 10,000 people on 9 inhabited islands; mobile subscriber penetration at 40% and broadband at 10% penetration; govt owned and sole provider of telecommunications services; satellite technology; hopeful future 5-year contract to improve high speed Internet for schools, hospitals and banks; 3G not launched yet (2018) | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands; fixed-line 18 per 100 and mobil |
| 2020 | general assessment: internal communications needs met; small global scale of over 11,000 people on 9 inhabited islands; mobile subscriber penetration about 40% and broadband about 10% penetration; govt. owned and sole provider of telecommunications services; 2G widespread; the launch in 2019 of the Kacific-1 satellite will improve the telecommunication sector for the Asia Pacific region (2020) | domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands; fixed-line 18 per 100 and mobile-cellular 70 |
| 2021 | general assessment: internal communications needs met; small global scale of over 11,000 people on 9 inhabited islands; mobile subscriber penetration about 40% and broadband about 10% penetration; govt. owned and sole provider of telecommunications services; 2G widespread; the launch in 2019 of the Kacific-1 satellite will improve the telecommunication sector for the Asia Pacific region (2020) domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands; fixed-line 18 per 100 and mobile-cellular 70 p |
| 2022 | general assessment: internal communications needs met; small global scale of over 11,000 people on 9 inhabited islands; mobile subscriber penetration about 40% and broadband about 10% penetration; govt. owned and sole provider of telecommunications services; 2G widespread; the launch in 2019 of the Kacific-1 satellite will improve the telecommunication sector for the Asia Pacific region (2020) domestic: radiotelephone communications between islands; fixed-line teledensity over 17 per 100 and mob |
| 2023 | general assessment: provides fixed-line telephone communications to subscribers on each of the islands of Tuvalu; each island relies on the use of a satellite dish for inter-island telephone communication, internet access, and mobile phone services (2023) domestic: fixed-line teledensity is 18 per 100 and mobile-cellular is 80 per 100 (2021) international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |
| 2024 | general assessment: provides fixed-line telephone communications to subscribers on each of the islands of Tuvalu; each island relies on the use of a satellite dish for inter-island telephone communication, internet access, and mobile phone services (2023) domestic: fixed-line teledensity is 18 per 100 and mobile-cellular is 80 per 100 (2021) international: country code - 688; international calls can be made by satellite |