Following Indonesian withdrawal from East Timor in 1999, the telecommunications infrastructure was destroyed in the ensuing violence, and Telkom Indonesia ceased to provide services. A new country code (670) was allocated to East Timor by the International Telecommunication Union, but international access often remained severely limited. PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT. Telkom or just Telkom, formerly Perumtel. ... The International Telecommunication Union (ITU; French: Union internationale des télécommunications, Spanish: Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones) is an international organization established to standardize and regulate international radio and telecommunications. ...

A complicating factor has been the fact that 670 was previously used by the Northern Marianas, with many carriers not aware that the code is now used by East Timor. (The Northern Marianas, as part of the North American Numbering Plan, now use the country code 1 and the area code 670.) The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is a commonwealth in political union with the United States of America at a strategic location in the West Pacific Ocean. ... The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is an integrated telephone numbering plan of 24 countries and territories: the United States and its territories, Canada, Bermuda, and 16 Caribbean nations. ... 670 has been the area code for Northern Marianas since July 1, 1997, when the US territory joined the North American Numbering Plan, which uses the International Telecommunication Unions country code 1. ...

It is also often extremely expensive: for example, Telstra in Australia raised the cost of calls to East Timor to A$3.00 a minute from 97 cents in 2003. In the UK, BT's standard rate is nearly £2 a minute[1]. Telstra Corporation (ASX: TLS, NZX: TLS, NYSE: TLS) (formed from Telecom Australia) is an Australian telecommunications and media company under private ownership, with a dominant position in landline telephone services, a large share of mobile phone services, domestic consumer (including dial-up access and Broadband internet broadband cable modem, satellite... BT Group plc (also known as British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (and previously as British Telecom) is the privatised UK state telecommunications operator. ...

Telstra expanded its cellular telephone signal into East Timor in 2000, and operated services until 2003, when Timor Telecom, 50.1% part-owned by Portugal Telecom, began operating fixed line and mobile telephone services. Until recently, the fixed line network was mainly confined to the capital Dili, although this has been expanded nationwide, to each district capital. Portugal Telecom (Euronext: PTC, NYSE: PT) is the biggest telecommunications operator in Portugal. ... Dili, also spelled Díli, Dilli or Dilly, is the capital of East Timor. ...

According to a press-release issued by Portugal Telecom, the total number of fixed phones (landline) are 2,100, mobile cellular are 25,000, 500 Dial-up access users and 30 dedicated line users (as of October 2004). There is no broadband or ADSL service. Portugal Telecom (Euronext: PTC, NYSE: PT) is the biggest telecommunications operator in Portugal. ... A landline or main line is a telephone line which travels through a solid medium, either metal wire or optical fibre. ... Cellular redirects here. ... Dial-up access is a form of Internet access through which the client uses a modem connected to a computer and a telephone line to dial into an Internet service providers (ISP) node to establish a modem-to-modem link, which is then routed to the Internet. ... In computer networks and telecommunications, a dedicated line is a communications cable dedicated to a specific application, in contrast with a shared resource such as the telephone network or the Internet. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ... Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional modem can provide. ...

Portugal Telecom signed a 15-year contract in 2002 to invest US$ 29 million to rebuild and operate the phone system. The contract could be extended by 10 more years, totalling 25 years of monopoly. 2003 gross revenue totalled € 10.5 million. Portugal Telecom (Euronext: PTC, NYSE: PT) is the biggest telecommunications operator in Portugal. ... A monopoly (from the Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service, in other words a firm that has no competitors in its industry. ...

All voice and data are carried out by Intelsat, using a direct satellite link with one hop to their downlink in Portugal. Intelsat, Ltd. ... For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). ... In telecommunication, the term hop has the following meanings: 1. ... In radio communications, a downlink is the link from a satellite to a ground station. ...

Telephones - main lines in use:
2,100 (per Timor Telecom press-release from Oct 2004)

Telephones - mobile cellular:
25,000 (per Timor Telecom press-release from Oct 2004)

Telephone system:
NA

Radio broadcast stations:
AM NA, FM NA, shortwave NA
The main station is Radio Timor Leste, broadcasting in Tetum, Portuguese and Indonesian. Other radio stations include Radio Kmanek, and Radio Falintil, and Radio Renascença, while there are also FM retransmissions of RDP Internacional from Portugal, Radio Australia, and the BBC World Service. Community radio stations broadcast around the country, in regional languages such as Tokodede and Fataluku. Tetum (also written as Tetun) is the national language of East Timor. ... ABC Radio Australia is the international shortwave radio service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australias public broadcaster. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ... Image:Primeiro texto em tocodede 1. ... Fataluku is a Papuan language spoken by approximately 30 000 people in eastern areas of East Timor. ...

Radios:
5

Television broadcast stations:
1 Televisão Timor Leste or Televizaun Timor Lorosae - broadcasts local programming in Tetum and Portuguese, as well as retransmissions of RTP Internacional from Portugal, ABC Asia Pacific from Australia and BBC World from the UK. The terrestrial TV signal is presently confined to Dili, with only taped broadcasts being available in Baucau, but the Portuguese government and RTP were to help build new transmitters to expand TVTL's coverage nationwide during 2006. This article belongs in one or more categories. ... ABC Asia Pacific TV (formerly Australia Television) is an Australian free-to-air international satellite television service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ... World News bulletins form the main part of the channels daily schedule. ... Baucau is the second largest city in East Timor, after the capital, Dili. ... Portuguese Radio and Television or Radio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) is the national broadcasting TV network of Portugal. ...

In May 2007, RTTL's television and radio services became available via satellite, using a transponder leased from Telkom Indonesia.[2][3] For other uses, see May (disambiguation). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Satellite television is television delivered by way of communications satellites, as compared to conventional terrestrial television and cable television. ... PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (PT. Telkom or just Telkom, formerly Perumtel. ...

Televisions:
NA

Internet country code:
.tp is the internet top-level domain code used for East Timor, based on its previous ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code. However, the latter code was officially changed to TL when the country achieved its independence on May 20, 2002, and during the course of 2005-06, internet domains will change from '.tp' to '.tl'. “TLD” redirects here. ... ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codes are two-letter country codes in the ISO 3166-1 standard to represent countries and dependent areas. ... .tp is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for East Timor. ... .tp is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for East Timor. ...

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):
2
Timor Telecom is an ISP itself along with one downstream provider, iNet. The latter only offers services in the capital, Dili. Two-way Satellite Internet is in theory available, as the country falls within the Australian and Asian footprints of several satellites offering this service, however in practice licences are not granted for use of non-Timor Telecom services. As such, internet services are restricted to locations with landline telephone or dedicated line infrastructure. WiMAX and GPRS internet access are not available. A Wild Blue Satellite Internet dish. ... WiMAX, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances in a variety of ways, from point-to-point links to full mobile cellular type access. ... General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a mobile data service available to users of GSM mobile phones. ...

Voice over IP
Timor Telecom has sought to block some Voice over IP services on its network such as Skype, and as a result some such services may not function. how VoIP works A typical analog telephone adapter for connecting an ordinary phone to a VoIP network Ciscos implementation of VoIP - IP Phone Voice over Internet Protocol, also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, Broadband telephony, Broadband Phone and Voice over Broadband is the routing of voice conversations over... how VoIP works A typical analog telephone adapter for connecting an ordinary phone to a VoIP network Ciscos implementation of VoIP - IP Phone Voice over Internet Protocol, also called VoIP, IP Telephony, Internet telephony, Broadband telephony, Broadband Phone and Voice over Broadband is the routing of voice conversations over... Skype (IPA pronunciation: , rhymes with type) is a software program created by the entrepreneurs Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. ...

Internet users:
Dial-up: 2,100 (per Timor Telecom press-release from Oct 2004)
Broadband: 50 (per Timor Telecom press-release from Oct 2004) Dial-up access is a form of Internet access through which the client uses a modem connected to a computer and a telephone line to dial into an Internet service providers (ISP) node to establish a modem-to-modem link, which is then routed to the Internet. ... Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ...

External links

• Timor Telecom
• iNet
• Timor-Leste Network Information Center
• Radio e Televisão de Timor Leste