Editing Telecommunications in Nauru

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[[Nauru]] has one government-owned radio station and two television stations, one of which is government owned. The island has telephone service under country code 674. The island's Internet service is provided by CenPacNet and Digicel Nauru. The country's [[Country code top-level domain|ccTLD]] is [[.nr]].  

== Telephones ==
{{See|Telephone numbers in Nauru}}

In 1994, there were 2,000 [[telephone]] land lines in use. There were 450 mobile cellular phones in use at the time. There were adequate local and international radiotelephone communications provided via [[Australia]]n facilities. There is one [[satellite]] earth station, provided by [[Intelsat]].

=== Telephone numbers in Nauru ===
The [[Country calling code|country code]] is +674, and the [[International Call Prefix|international call prefix]] is 00.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Nauru|url=https://www.itu.int/oth/T0202000094/en|access-date=2022-01-30|website=www.itu.int}}</ref> There are seven [[E.164|other numbers]] in the system, with the format of numbers being +0067433724411. 

==== Telephone ranges ====
In August 2011, Criden Appi, the Director of Telecommunications (Regulatory), said that Nauru advises "only 556xxxx [x being any number from 1-9], 557xxxx, 558xxxx are in use for mobiles and there are no landlines in service".<ref name=":0" /> 

===== Mobile telephone number ranges =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Number range
!Service
|-
|555 4111
|
|-
|556 XYYY
|
|-
|557 8226
|
|-
|558 XYYY
|
|-
|559 9386
|
|-
|559 6085
|
|}

===== Fixed line area codes =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Number range
!Locality
|-
|444 XYYY
|
|-
|888 XYYY
|
|}

===== Special Numbers =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Service
!Short code numbers
|-
|Police Emergency Service
|110
|-
|Fire Emergency Service
|112
|-
|Ambulance Emergency Service
|111
|-
|Customer Care
|123
|-
|Directory Enquiries
|192
|}

== Radio and television ==
As of 1998, there was 1 FM station, and no shortwave or AM stations. The FM station, [[Radio Nauru|Radio Nauru FM 105]], is owned by the government. In 1997, there were 7,000 radios. {{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

As of that year, there were 500 television sets. There are two television stations. One station is government-owned [[Nauru Television]] and mainly rebroadcasts [[British Broadcasting Corporation]], the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] and [[Television New Zealand]], while the other is a private sports network. {{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

== Internet ==
{{Further|.nr}}
The country's [[Country code top-level domain|ccTLD]] is [[.nr]]. Internet service in the country is provided by CenPacNet. Domains must be paid, and can be ordered from CenPacNet. The original configuration of the .nr TLD domain was performed by Shaun Moran of [[Australia|Australian]] ComTech Communications in 1998 as part of the first Internet connectivity on the island. There was a lengthy process with IANA to get the .nr domain approved and assigned at the time. The setup of .nr was done in 2002 by Franck Martin using specific custom code. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Franck Martin|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/franckmartin|website=Linkedin}}</ref>

=== Internet censorship ===

In 2015, the Nauruan government blocked websites including [[Facebook]] as part of a crackdown on [[Internet pornography]], especially [[child pornography]]. Opposition MP [[Matthew Batsiua]] has said that the Facebook ban is actually intended to stifle criticism of the government.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-02/nauru-ban-on-facebook-to-diffuse-dissent-critics-say/6439146 | title=Nauru's ban on Facebook angers opposition and refugee advocates | date=1 May 2015 | access-date=7 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/facebook-has-been-banned-by-the-government-in-the-republic-of-nauru-10231165.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/facebook-has-been-banned-by-the-government-in-the-republic-of-nauru-10231165.html |archive-date=2022-05-26 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Facebook has been banned by the government in the Republic of Nauru | date=7 May 2015 | access-date=7 May 2015 | author=Doré, Louis}}</ref> The ban has now been lifted as of 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.loopnauru.com/nauru-news/nauru-government-removes-temporary-restriction-facebook-72861|title=Nauru Government Removes Temporary Restriction To Facebook}}</ref>

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