Editing Communications in Niue

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'''Communications in [[Niue]]''' include [[post office|postal]], [[telephone]], [[internet]], [[News media|press]] and [[radio]].

==Telecommunications services==
{{See|Telephone numbers in Niue}}

Telephone service is provided by Telecom Niue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telecomniue.net|title=Telecom Niue Company Ltd|publisher=telecomniue.net|access-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004013823/http://www.telecomniue.net/|archive-date=4 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> the sole provider, which services 1,100 landlines and fixed wireless lines. It also operates a [[cellular telephone]] service on the [[Advanced Mobile Phone System|AMPS]] and [[Groupe Spécial Mobile|GSM]] platforms.

'''Internet users:'''
1,485 (December, 2020)

'''Telephones – main lines in use:'''
1,100 (800 land line, 300 fixed wireless) (2003)

'''Telephones – mobile cellular:'''
undisclosed (excludes 300 fixed wireless) (2003)

'''Telephones – GSM mobile cellular:'''
undisclosed  (2011)

'''Telephone system:'''
<br>''domestic:''
single-line telephone system connects all villages on island
<br>''international:''
provided by Telecom Niue ([[List of country calling codes|IDD code]]: 683)

==Radio==
'''Radio broadcast stations:'''
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)

'''Radios:'''
1,000 (1997)

'''Television broadcast stations:'''
1 (1997)

'''Televisions:'''
NA

== Postal ==
Postal services are through the Niue Post Office.

==Newspapers==
Niue has only one printed newspaper, the ''[[Niue Star]]'', founded in 1993.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/correspondents/content/2008/s2375926.htm "Death and crime not major focus for Niue Star newspaper"], Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 28 September 2008</ref> Until 2002, the Auckland-based [[Pasifika Times]] was also circulated in Niue.

== Internet service ==

[[Niue]] has free Internet service through the efforts of the Internet Users Society Niue, established 1999.  However users need to pay NZD$25 to a local IT company to register the [[MAC address]] of their [[WiFi]] card before being able to log into this WiFi network.

Alternatively, where ADSL is available, users can have connections through Telecom Niue's Internet Services located at Alofi through their island-wide distributed wireline.

=== .nu Internet domain ===

The [[.nu]] [[TLD]] is assigned to Niue.

Niue, through an outside company, registers [[Internet]] [[top-level domain|domain names]], so most .nu [[web address]]es are not actually located in Niue. They are commonly used by Danish, Dutch and Swedish websites, because in those languages 'nu' means “[[:wikt:now|now]]”.

Niue was the first country in the world to plan on offering free nationwide [[WiFi]] [[internet access]], more than five million websites are available/accessible in Niue, using the funds provided by the domain registrations. 79.6% of Niueans were internet users in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2022-niue |title=Digital 2022: Niue |publisher=DataReportal |access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/niue/ CIA World Factbook 2007: Niue]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060104010656/http://www.niue.nu/ Internet Users Society Niue]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706164739/http://elearniue.wetpaint.com/ Niue Computer Society (Inc.)]

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