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 Tonga - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics
Local and international telecom services are provided by Tonga Communications Corp (TCC), which also operates the ISP Kalianet, and a GSM 900 network. In addition, an emerging second carrier, Shoreline Communications (TonFon), has been building a hybrid GSM-VSAT-IP-based system to deliver low-cost voice, video, data, Internet, entertainment and wireless services throughout the Kingdom. Shoreline launched its GSM service in 2002, providing mobile coverage across the main islands of Tonga. Recently implemented regulatory reforms have resulted in a marked increase in teledensity, a huge fall in the waiting list, and over 200% decline in telecom tariffs. TCC introduced postpaid GSM services in February 2005 and planned to offer international roaming services in late 2005. In October 2006 TCC announced plans to overlay its GSM network with WiMAX to deliver wireless broadband to Tonga's population spread over 42 islands. In November 2005 Ericsson was contracted to deploy an ADSL2+ network. Up to date statistics for fixed-line and Internet are currently not available in this report.
Last Update: 14 Nov 2006 Number of Pages: 14
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