Telecommunications in Tonga

Telecommunications in Tonga include radio, television, telephones, and the Internet.

Telephone

Main lines in use:
11,000
Telephones - mobile cellular:
64,000
Telephone system:
Fixed PSTN, GSM 900
Main Island has 4G mobile.

domestic:
NA

international:
satellite earth station - 2 Intelsat )

Radio

Broadcast stations:
AM 1, FM 5, shortwave 1
Radios:
61,000

Television

Broadcast stations:
4
Televisions:
2,000
In April 2002 the Tongasat company started its own satellite telecommunication service when it obtained the Esiafi 1 (former private American Comstar D4) satellite that was moved to Tonga's own geostationary point.

Internet

Internet service providers :
2
Country code : .to
Broadband internet communication is provided by the Tonga Cable System that went online in April 2018.
On 15 January 2022, following a volcanic eruption on the island of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai, the Tonga Cable System was severed, leaving the country without Internet access. Using a satellite dish at the University of the South Pacific, the telecommunications company Digicel provided limited 2G coverage to the island of Tongatapu, as well as giving residents free SIM cards.