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Telephones -
main lines in use | 1.258 million (2005) | | Telephones -
mobile cellular | 5.681 million (2005) | | | Telephone system | general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet access available
domestic: trunk facilities consist of open-wire lines, coaxial cable, and microwave radio relay
international: country code - 216; 5 submarine cables; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel; 2 international gateway digital switches | | | Radio broadcast stations | AM 7, FM 20, shortwave 2 (1998) | | Television broadcast
stations | 26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995) | | | Internet country code | .tn | | | Internet users | 953,800 (2005) | |
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