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 ccTLD is .nr.
Telephones
[edit]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 Australian facilities. There is one satellite earth station, provided by Intelsat.
Telephone numbers in Nauru
[edit]The country code is 674, and the international call prefix is 00.[1] There are seven other numbers in the system, with the format of numbers being 0067433724411.
Telephone ranges
[edit]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".[1]
Mobile telephone number ranges
[edit]| Number range | Service |
|---|---|
| 555 4111 | |
| 556 XYYY | |
| 557 8226 | |
| 558 XYYY | |
| 559 9386 | |
| 559 6085 |
Fixed line area codes
[edit]| Number range | Locality |
|---|---|
| 444 XYYY | |
| 888 XYYY |
Special Numbers
[edit]| 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
[edit]As of 1998, there was 1 FM station, and no shortwave or AM stations. The FM station, Radio Nauru FM 105, is owned by the government. In 1997, there were 7,000 radios. [citation needed]
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]
Internet
[edit]The country's 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 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. [2]
Internet censorship
[edit]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.[3][4] The ban has now been lifted as of 2018.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Nauru". www.itu.int. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- ^ "Franck Martin". Linkedin.
- ^ "Nauru's ban on Facebook angers opposition and refugee advocates". 1 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ Doré, Louis (7 May 2015). "Facebook has been banned by the government in the Republic of Nauru". Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Nauru Government Removes Temporary Restriction To Facebook".
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