Communications in Niue
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Internet service
Niue has FREE Internet service through the efforts of the Internet Users Society Niue (www.niue.nu).
.nu Internet domain
Niue, through an outside company, registers Internet domain names, so most .nu Web addresses are not actually located in Niue. Further details are provided in the external links.
Niue was the first country in the world to offer free nation-wide WiFi Internet access, using the funds provided by the domain registrations.
Postal and telecommunications services
Postal services are through the Niue Post Office. 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 AMPS platform.
Telephones - main lines in use: 1,100 (800 land line, 300 fixed wireless) (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular: undisclosed (excludes 300 fixed wireless) (2003)
Telephone system:
domestic:
single-line telephone system connects all villages on island
international:
provided by Telecom Niue
Radio broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios: 1,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Televisions: NA
Internet Service Provider (ISPs): Internet Users Society Niue (IUS-N) (Since 1999)
Country code (Top level domain): NU