Editing Telecommunications in Tonga (section)

==Internet==
'''[[Internet Service Provider]]s (ISPs):'''
2 (2005)

'''[[Country code]] (Top level domain):''' [[.to]]

Broadband internet communication is provided by the [[Tonga Cable System]] that went online in April 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.looptonga.com/tonga-news/successful-completion-tonga-domestic-cable-system-75063|title = Successful completion of Tonga Domestic Cable System|date = 27 March 2018}}</ref>

On 15 January 2022, following a [[2022 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha'apai eruption and tsunami|volcanic eruption on the island of Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai]], the Tonga Cable System was severed, leaving the country without Internet access.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alert: Internet has been severed in #Tonga|url=https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1482402105654657025|access-date=2022-01-25|website=Twitter|language=en-GB}}</ref> Using a satellite dish at the [[University of the South Pacific]], the telecommunications company [[Digicel]] provided limited 2G coverage to the island of Tongatapu, as well as giving residents free SIM cards.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2022-01-24|title=How will Tonga's broken internet cable be mended?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-60069066|access-date=2022-01-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Duckett|first=Chris|title=Digicel reconnects Tongan users via satellite to rest of the world|url=https://www.zdnet.com/home-and-office/networking/digicel-reconnects-tongan-users-via-satellite-to-rest-of-the-world/|access-date=2022-01-25|website=ZDNet|language=en}}</ref>