Telephones 560,000 (1996 est.)

Telephone system the system is above the African average; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis
domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay
international: 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat with back-up control station; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel

Radio broadcast stations AM 7, FM 8, shortwave 0

Radios 1,693,527 (1991 est.)

Television broadcast stations 19

Televisions 1.4 million

Communications - note Internet access is available through two private service providers licensed by the government

NOTE: The information regarding Tunisia on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tunisia Communications 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tunisia Communications 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.