t.)
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad:
$118 million (2007 est.)
Market value of publicly traded shares:
$4.446 billion (2006)
Currency (code):
Tunisian dinar (TND)
Currency code:
TND
Exchange rates:
Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006),
1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004), 1.2885 (2003)
Communications
Tunisia
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.273 million (2007)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
7.842 million (2007)
Telephone system:
general assessment: above the African average and continuing to be
upgraded; key centers are Sfax, Sousse, Bizerte, and Tunis; Internet
access available
domestic: in an effort jumpstart expansion of the fixed-line
network, the government has awarded a concession to build and
operate a VSAT network with international connectivity; competition
between the two mobile-cellular service providers has resulted in
lower activation and usage charges and a strong surge in
subscribership; expansion of mobile-cellular services to include
multimedia messaging and e-mail and Internet to mobile phone
services also leading to a surge in subscribership; overall
fixed-line and mobile-cellular teledensity is about 90 telephones
per 100 persons
international: country code - 216; a landing point for the
SEA-ME-WE-4 submarine cable system that provides links to Europe,
Middle East, and Asia; satellite earth stations - 1 Intelsat
(Atlantic Ocean) and 1 Arabsat; coaxial cable and microwave radio
relay to Algeria and Libya; participant in Medarabtel; 2
international gateway digital switches
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 7, FM 38, shortwave 2 (2007)
Radios:
2.06 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
26 (plus 76 repeaters) (1995)
Televisions:
920,000 (1997)
Internet country code:
.tn
Internet hosts:
376 (2008)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
1 (2000)
Internet users:
1.722 million (2007)
Transportation
Tunisia
Airports:
30 (2007)
Airports - with paved runways:
total: 14
over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2007)
Airports - with unpaved runways:
total: 16
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 7 (2007)
Pipelines:
gas 2,665 km; oil 1,235 km; refined products 353 km (2007)
Railways:
total: 2,153 km
standard gauge: 471 km 1.435-m gauge
narrow gauge: 1,674 km 1.000-
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