Telecommunications in Nauru
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Nauru has one government-owned radio station and two television stations, one of which is government owned. The island has telephone service under country code 674. The island's Internet service is provided by CenPacNet and Digicel Nauru. The country's ccTLD is .nr.
Telephones
In 1994, there were 2,000 telephone land lines in use. There were 450 mobile cellular phones in use at the time. There were adequate local and international radiotelephone communications provided via Australian facilities. There is one satellite earth station, provided by Intelsat.
Telephone numbers in Nauru
The
Telephone ranges
In August 2011, Criden Appi, the Director of Telecommunications (Regulatory), said that Nauru advises "only 556xxxx, 557xxxx, 558xxxx are in use for mobiles and there are no landlines in service".[1] In the ranges, X=0-9, and Y=0-9.
Mobile telephone number ranges
Number range | Service |
---|---|
555 4111 | |
556 XYYY | |
557 8226 | |
558 XYYY | |
559 9386 | |
559 6085 |
Fixed line area codes
Number range | Locality |
---|---|
444 XYYY | |
888 XYYY |
Special Numbers
Service | Short code numbers |
---|---|
Police Emergency Service | 110 |
Fire Emergency Service | 112 |
Ambulance Emergency Service | 111 |
Customer Care | 123 |
Directory Enquiries | 192 |
Radio and television
As of 1998, there was 1 FM station, and no shortwave or AM stations. The FM station, Radio Nauru FM 105, is owned by the government. In 1997, there were 7,000 radios. [citation needed]
As of that year, there were 500 television sets. There are two television stations. One station is government-owned
Internet
The country's ccTLD is .nr. Internet service in the country is provided by CenPacNet. Domains must be paid, and can be ordered from CenPacNet. The original configuration of the .nr TLD domain was performed by Shaun Moran of Australian ComTech Communications in 1998 as part of the first Internet connectivity on the island. There was a lengthy process with IANA to get the .nr domain approved and assigned at the time. The setup of .nr was done in 2002 by Franck Martin using specific custom code. [2]
Internet censorship
In 2015, the Nauruan government blocked websites including
References
- ^ a b "Nauru". www.itu.int. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ "Franck Martin". Linkedin.
- ^ "Nauru's ban on Facebook angers opposition and refugee advocates". 1 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ Doré, Louis (7 May 2015). "Facebook has been banned by the government in the Republic of Nauru". Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Nauru Government Removes Temporary Restriction To Facebook".