Telecommunications in Nauru
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Nauru has one government-owned radio station and two television stations. One station is government-owned and mainly rebroadcasts CNN and the other is a private sports network. The island's Internet service is provided by CenPacNet.
Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use: 2,000 (1994)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 450 (1994)
Telephone system:
adequate local and international radiotelephone communications provided via Australian facilities
domestic:
NA
international:
satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean)
Radio and television
Radio broadcast stations: AM 0, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998) The AM signal went off the air years ago, the government owned radio station is "FM105"
Radios: 7,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations: 1 (1997)
Televisions: 500 (1997)
Internet
Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (CenpacNet)
Country code (Top level domain): .nr
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.[1][2] The ban has now been lifted as of 2018.[3]
References
- ^ "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". Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Nauru Government Removes Temporary Restriction To Facebook".
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