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)

Radio broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA (one radio station provides service to all islands) (2002)

Internet country code:
.tk

Internet hosts:
2,069 (2012)
country comparison to the world: 162
[see also: Internet hosts country ranks ]

Internet users:
total: 800
[see also: Internet users - total country ranks ]
percent of population: 55.4% (2008)
[see also: Internet users - percent of population country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 215