Communications in Niue
Encyclopedia
Communications in Niue
include postal
, telephone
, internet
, press
and radio
.
and GSM platforms.
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,100 (800 land line, 300 fixed wireless) (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
undisclosed (excludes 300 fixed wireless) (2003)
Telephones - GSM mobile cellular:
undisclosed (2011)
Telephone system:
domestic:
single-line telephone system connects all villages on island
international:
provided by Telecom Niue (IDD code: 683)
AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
1,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Televisions:
NA
has free Internet service through the efforts of the Internet Users Society Niue, established 1999. However users need to pay NZD$25 to a local IT company to register the MAC address
of their WiFi
card before being able to login into this WiFi network.
TLD
is assigned to Niue.
Niue, through an outside company, registers Internet
domain names
, so most .nu Web addresses are not actually located in Niue. They are commonly used by Danish, Dutch and Swedish websites, because in those languages 'nu' means “now”.
Niue was the first country in the world to plan on offering free nation-wide WiFi
Internet access, using the funds provided by the domain registrations. 95% of Niueans now have Internet access at home, work or through the schools, making it the country with the highest per capita internet penetration in the world.
in Niue through providing opportunities to train people how to use computers, regardless of gender, age or ethnicity. The level of needs will vary, and the task will be enormous, however NCS will try to align itself and co-operate with other organisations or agencies to be able to provide training for the people of Niue.
The next phase is to empower the people of Niue to take advantage and benefit from the opportunities available from the online market place on the Internet. This is really being able to market and sell any product and service over the Internet.
The training will enable most of the people on Niue to be able to surf the Internet with confidence, and be able to communicate with other Niueans in Niue and around the world. The ability to share and exchange data, information and knowledge are the key factors towards the survival of the Niue language, culture and traditions as we face the challenges of living scattered around the World.
Niue
Niue , is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to...
include postal
Post office
A post office is a facility forming part of a postal system for the posting, receipt, sorting, handling, transmission or delivery of mail.Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies...
, telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
, internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, press
News media
The news media are those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public.These include print media , broadcast news , and more recently the Internet .-Etymology:A medium is a carrier of something...
and radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
.
Telecommunications services
Telephone service is provided by Telecom Niue, the sole provider, which services 1,100 landlines and fixed wireless lines. It also operates a cellular telephone service on the AMPSAdvanced Mobile Phone System
Advanced Mobile Phone System was an analog mobile phone system standard developed by Bell Labs, and officially introduced in the Americas in 1983, Israel in 1986, and Australia in 1987. It was the primary analog mobile phone system in North America through the 1980s and into the 2000s...
and GSM platforms.
Telephones - main lines in use:
1,100 (800 land line, 300 fixed wireless) (2003)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
undisclosed (excludes 300 fixed wireless) (2003)
Telephones - GSM mobile cellular:
undisclosed (2011)
Telephone system:
domestic:
single-line telephone system connects all villages on island
international:
provided by Telecom Niue (IDD code: 683)
Radio
Radio broadcast stations:AM 1, FM 1, shortwave 0 (1998)
Radios:
1,000 (1997)
Television broadcast stations:
1 (1997)
Televisions:
NA
Internet service
NiueNiue
Niue , is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean. It is commonly known as the "Rock of Polynesia", and inhabitants of the island call it "the Rock" for short. Niue is northeast of New Zealand in a triangle between Tonga to the southwest, the Samoas to the northwest, and the Cook Islands to...
has free Internet service through the efforts of the Internet Users Society Niue, established 1999. However users need to pay NZD$25 to a local IT company to register the MAC address
MAC address
A Media Access Control address is a unique identifier assigned to network interfaces for communications on the physical network segment. MAC addresses are used for numerous network technologies and most IEEE 802 network technologies, including Ethernet...
of their WiFi
WIFI
WIFI is a radio station broadcasting a brokered format. Licensed to Florence, New Jersey, USA, the station is currently operated by Florence Broadcasting Partners, LLC.This station was previously owned by Real Life Broadcasting...
card before being able to login into this WiFi network.
.nu Internet domain
The .nu.nu
.nu is the Internet country code top-level domain assigned to the island state of Niue. It was one of the first ccTLDs to be marketed to the Internet at large as an alternative to the gTLDs .com, .net, and .org...
TLD
TLD
TLD is a three-letter initialism that may stand for:* Top-level domain, the last part of an Internet domain name* Tag Library Descriptor, an XML document that maps JSP tags to their handlers or associated files...
is assigned to Niue.
Niue, through an outside company, registers Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
domain names
Top-level domain
A top-level domain is one of the domains at the highest level in the hierarchical Domain Name System of the Internet. The top-level domain names are installed in the root zone of the name space. For all domains in lower levels, it is the last part of the domain name, that is, the last label of a...
, so most .nu Web addresses are not actually located in Niue. They are commonly used by Danish, Dutch and Swedish websites, because in those languages 'nu' means “now”.
Niue was the first country in the world to plan on offering free nation-wide WiFi
WIFI
WIFI is a radio station broadcasting a brokered format. Licensed to Florence, New Jersey, USA, the station is currently operated by Florence Broadcasting Partners, LLC.This station was previously owned by Real Life Broadcasting...
Internet access, using the funds provided by the domain registrations. 95% of Niueans now have Internet access at home, work or through the schools, making it the country with the highest per capita internet penetration in the world.
Niue Computer Society Incorporated
The Niue Computer Society (Inc.) was established in November 2004 with an aim of addressing the information communication technology(ICT) interests of the people of Niue. NCS's main goal is to address the digital divideDigital divide
The Digital Divide refers to inequalities between individuals, households, business, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels in access to information and communication technologies and Internet connectivity and in the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use the information...
in Niue through providing opportunities to train people how to use computers, regardless of gender, age or ethnicity. The level of needs will vary, and the task will be enormous, however NCS will try to align itself and co-operate with other organisations or agencies to be able to provide training for the people of Niue.
The next phase is to empower the people of Niue to take advantage and benefit from the opportunities available from the online market place on the Internet. This is really being able to market and sell any product and service over the Internet.
The training will enable most of the people on Niue to be able to surf the Internet with confidence, and be able to communicate with other Niueans in Niue and around the world. The ability to share and exchange data, information and knowledge are the key factors towards the survival of the Niue language, culture and traditions as we face the challenges of living scattered around the World.