Telecommunications in Niue
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Communications in Niue include post office, postal, telephone, internet, News media, press and radio.


Telecommunications services

Telephone service is provided by Telecom Niue, the sole provider, which services 1,100 landlines and fixed wireless lines. It also operates a cellular telephone service on the Advanced Mobile Phone System, AMPS and Groupe Spécial Mobile, GSM platforms. Telephones – main lines in use: 1,100 (800 land line, 300 fixed wireless) (2003) Telephones – mobile cellular: undisclosed (excludes 300 fixed wireless) (2003) Telephones – GSM mobile cellular: undisclosed (2011) Telephone system:
''domestic:'' single-line telephone system connects all villages on island
''international:'' provided by Telecom Niue (List of country calling codes, IDD code: 683)


Radio

Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) Radios: 1,000 (1997) Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997) Televisions: NA


Postal

Postal services are through the Niue Post Office.


Newspapers

Niue has only one printed newspaper, the ''Niue Star'', founded in 1993. Until 2002, the Auckland-based Pasifika Times was also circulated in Niue.


Internet service

Niue has free Internet service through the efforts of the Internet Users Society Niue, established 1999. However users need to pay NZD$25 to a local IT company to register the MAC address of their WiFi card before being able to log into this WiFi network. Alternatively, where ADSL is available, users can have connections through Telecom Niue's Internet Services located at Alofi through their island-wide distributed wireline.


.nu Internet domain

The .nu TLD is assigned to Niue. Niue, through an outside company, registers Internet top-level domain, domain names, so most .nu web addresses are not actually located in Niue. They are commonly used by Danish, Dutch and Swedish websites, because in those languages 'nu' means “:wikt:now, now”. Niue was the first country in the world to plan on offering free nationwide WiFi internet access, using the funds provided by the domain registrations. 79.6% of Niueans were internet users in 2022.


References


External links


CIA World Factbook 2007: Niue

Internet Users Society Niue

Niue Computer Society (Inc.)
{{Niue topics Communications in Niue, Communications in Oceania, Niue