Telephone system:
general assessment: modern satellite-based communications system
domestic:
radiotelephone service between islands
international:
country code - 690; radiotelephone service to Samoa; government-regulated telephone service (TeleTok); satellite earth stations - 3 (2009)
Broadcast media:
no TV stations; each atoll operates a radio service that provides shipping news and weather reports (2009)
Internet hosts: Internet users:
2,069 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 162
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]
800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 216
[see also: Internet users country ranks ]