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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