Editing Tuvalu (section)

===Telecommunications and media===
{{main|Telecommunications in Tuvalu}}
{{see also|List of newspapers in Tuvalu}}
The [[Tuvalu Media Corporation|Tuvalu Media Department]] of the Government of Tuvalu operates ''Radio Tuvalu'' which broadcasts from Funafuti.<ref name="pacmas2"/> In 2011, the Japanese government provided financial support to construct a new [[AM broadcasting|AM]] broadcast studio. The installation of upgraded transmission equipment allows Radio Tuvalu to be heard on all nine islands of Tuvalu. The new AM radio transmitter on Funafuti replaced the FM radio service to the outer islands and freed up satellite bandwidth for mobile services.<ref name="FTMN" /> ''Fenui – news from Tuvalu'' is a free digital publication of the Tuvalu Media Department that is emailed to subscribers and operates a Facebook page, which publishes news about government activities and news about Tuvaluan events.

[[Communications in Tuvalu]] rely on satellite dishes for telephone, television, and internet access. The [[Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation]] (TTC) is a state-owned enterprise that provides fixed line telephone communications to subscribers on each island, mobile phone services on [[Funafuti]], [[Vaitupu]] and [[Nukulaelae]], and is a distributor of the [[Fiji Television]] service ([[Sky Pacific]] satellite television service).<ref name="FTMN" />

In July 2020, the Government of Tuvalu signed a five-year agreement with [[Kacific Broadband Satellites]] to supply Tuvalu with [[internet]] via sixty 1.2&nbsp;metre [[Very-small-aperture terminal|VSAT]] satellite receivers.<ref name="Kacific2020">{{cite web |url=https://kacific.com/news/tuvalu-government-signs-agreement-with-kacific-for-wide-ranging-suite-of-connectivity-services/ |title=Tuvalu Government signs agreement with Kacific for wide-ranging suite of connectivity services |publisher=Press Release: Kacific Broadband Satellites Group |date=22 July 2020 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The agreement provided a combined [[Data-rate units|data transfer capacity]] of 400 to 600&nbsp;Mbit/s to schools, medical clinics, government agencies, small businesses, and 40 outdoor [[Wi-Fi hotspot]]s, as well as Tuvaluan interisland ferries via three maritime antennae.<ref name="Kacific2020"/> A [[Ka band]] antenna was installed to provide the island's mobile phone network with [[trunking]] and [[Backhaul (telecommunications)|backhaul]] services.<ref name="Kacific2020"/> By February 2022, Kacific and Agility Beyond Space (ABS) satellites provided the island with a combined capacity of 510&nbsp;Mbit/s.<ref name=ABS21>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=ABS Will Provide High-Speed Connectivity To Tuvalu Pacific Islands |work=satnews |date=3 March 2021 |url=https://news.satnews.com/2021/03/03/abs-will-provide-high-speed-connectivity-to-tuvalu-pacific-islands/ |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> <!--Information about the contract with ABS should also be mentioned above, as the figure of 510 Mbit/s is what the Kacific contract should have been supplying the island with on its own.-->

The average download of data per device is about 9&nbsp;GB/user/month, with 95% of devices in use supporting 4G LTE service.<ref name=AM22>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Tuvalu: Telecommunications and ICT Development Project (P159395) Virtual Support Mission - Aide-Memoire |work=World Bank |date=23 February 2022 |url=https://cpmo.gov.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/TICT-Aide-Memoire.pdf |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> Also, Tuvalu has 5,915 active broadband users (the largest base of users is on Funafuti), with dedicated satellite and hotspot users on the outer islands, each of which having three to five hotspots.<ref name=AM22/>