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Internet in Tunisia
Internet in Tunisia
Mars - 2013
International Carriers
International Carriers
SEA-ME-WE-4
SEA-ME-WE-4
Dubbed:SEAMEWE4 Cablelandsin: AlFujaurah(UAE),Alexandria(Egypt),Annaba(Algeria),Bizerte (Tunisia),Chennai(Madras)(India),Colombo(SriLanka),Cox'sBazaar (Bangladesh),Jeddah(SaudiArabia),Karachi(Pakistan),MalaccaTown (Malaysia),Marseille(France),Mumbai(India),Palermo(Italy),Satun (Thailand),Suez(Egypt),Tuas(Singapore). Willstretchabout:18800km Haveacapacityof:1.28Tbps InServicesince:2005
SEA-ME-WE-4
The South East AsiaMiddle EastWest Europe 4 (SEAMEWE 4) is intended to be a complementto,ratherthanareplacementfor,theSEAWEME3cable.) SEAMEWE4 carries telecommunication between Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Egypt,Italy,Tunisia,AlgeriaandFrance.
SEA-ME-WE-4
The SEA-ME-WE 4 is proposed and developed by the SEA-ME-WE 4 Consortium. The Consortium continues to maintain and operate the system. It comprises 16 telecommunications companies . In Tunisia , Tunisie Telecom operates , manages and administers this cable system . SEA-ME-WE 4 is used to carry telephone, internet, multimedia and various broadband data applications. SEA-ME-WE 4 has a faster rate of data transmission at 1.28 Tbit/s against SEAME-WE 3's 0.96 Tbit/s. A consortium of 16 international telecommunications companies signed construction and maintenance agreements for the optical fibre system The contract is being awarded jointly to Alcatel Submarine Networks, France and Fujitsu Ltd., Japan and the estimated project cost is of the order of US$ 500 million.
SEA-ME-WE-4
HANNIBAL
HANNIBAL
Dubbed:Hannibal Cablelandsin: Kelibia(Tunisia),MazaradelVallo(Italy) Willstretchabout:170km Haveacapacityof:3.2Tbps InServicesince:2009
HANNIBAL
PictureofHannibalSubseaCable
DubbedHannibal,inhonourofthecourageousCarthaginiangeneralwho sailedfromancientTunisiatoconquerItaly
HANNIBAL
Utilizing the resources of its parent companies, Huawei Technologies and GlobalMarineSystems,HuaweiMarinesuccessfullydeliveredtheprojectin justeightmonths.
The cables total capacity of 3.2 Terabytes per second is more than seven timesgreaterthanthatoftheconsortiumownedSEAMEWE4cablethat hadbeenservingTunisiapreviously.
ThisextracapacitywillenhanceTunisiasIPconnectioncapacities.
HannibalenableTunisiatoactastheinternethubforneighbouringNorth Africancountries.
Trapani-Kelibia (KELTRA-2)
Trapani-Kelibia (KELTRA-2)
Dubbed:TrapaniKelibia(KELTRA2) Cablelandsin: Kelibia(Tunisia),Trapani(Italy) Willstretchabout:209km Haveacapacityof:20Gbps Inservicesince:1994
Trapani-Kelibia (KELTRA-2)
Telecom Italia Sparkle and Tunisie Telecom announce the start of operation of KELTRA-2, the new 10 Gbit/s system connecting Kelibia (Tunisia) and Trapani (Italy).
KELTRA-2 can be the pillar of the cooperation between Tunisie Telecom and TI Sparkle, enabling both carriers to have a leading role in the Mediterranean basin .
This new submarine cable built by Alcatel-Lucent is a 2 x 10 Gbit/s unrepeatered DWDM system allows Tunisie Telecom & TI Sparkle customers to have a fully redundant connectivity between Europe and North Africa.
Internet Traffic
General Informations
Topleveldomain(TLD):.tn Access:Availablethroughoutthecountryusingafibreopticbackbone InternetServiceProviders(ISPs):12(2005) Internationalbandwidth:62Gbit/sin2012,50Gbit/sin2010,1.3 Gbit/sin2006 Internetusers:4,196,564(2012),[11]840,000(2005);410,000(2001) Internetpenetration:39.1%(2011),36.8%(2010),17.1%(2007),9.7% (2005),2.8%(2000) Fixed(wired)Internetsubscriptions:604,102(2011);543,290(2010); 253,149(2007);150,220(2005);36,657(2000) BroadbandInternetsubscribers:544,392or5.1%(2011),[14]481,810or 4.6%(2010),372,818or3.6%(2009),43,845or0.4%(2006) Facebooksubscribers:2,602,640(2011) Facebookpenetration:24.5%(2011) PublicCyberCafs:350(2005)
Major ISP
PublicISP: TunisianInternetAgency; ComputingcenterElKhwarizmi; InformaticsCentreoftheministryofpublichealth; NationalInstituteofofficeautomationandpersonalcomputers; Institutionofresearchandhigheragriculturaleducation DefenseISP; PrivateISP: GlobalNet; HexaByte; Orange; Topnet; Tunet;
Major ISP
Key Events
GlobalNet
GlobalNet,morecommonlyknownGnetisaproviderof InternetaccessinTunisia.
Oneofthetwohistoricalsuppliers,sinceithasobtained thelicenseofInternetin1997.
Ownedbythetechnologyorientedgroup3S(Standard SharingSoftware)
Orange Tunisia
Althoughthedirectiondenies,the51%ownedbyInvestecareconfiscatedbythe StateonMarch29ofthesameyear.
HexaByte
ThecompanyHexabytewascreatedin2001asalimited companyunderTunisianlawwithaninitialcapitalof280000 TunisianDinar,whichispassedtoend2010to1,750,000 TunisianDinar.
HexabyteismainlycontrolledbythefamilyHidoussi.
Sinceitsinception,thecompanywasmanagedbytheCEO NaceurHidoussi.
TheactivityofthecompanyasInternetServiceProvider "ISP"isgovernedbytheTelecommunicationsCode.
Tunet
TunetabbreviationofTunisiaNetworkisanISP,hostingand InternetservicesinTunisia.
Itisanaffiliateoftheprivatetelecommunicationsoperator Tunisiana.
Internet Use
Tunisiahasoneofthemostdevelopedtelecommunications infrastructuresinNorthAfricawithbroadbandpricesamongthelowestin Africa.
InMarch2010therewere3,600,000Internetusers,33.9%ofthe population,upfrom9.3%in2006.(InternetWorldStats)
InJune2012therewere4,196,564Internetuserswhichmeans39.1%of thepopulation(InternationalTelecommunicationUnion).
Thiscomparesfavorablywiththeworldaverageof30.2%,theAfrican averageof11.4%,andtheMiddleEastaverageof31.7%.
84%ofInternetusersaccessedtheInternetathome,75.8%atwork,and 24%usepublicInternetcafs
Internet Use
Therearealso281publinets(publicInternetaccess)spreadover thewholeterritory.
InJune2011,therewere2,602,640Facebookusersfora24.5% penetrationrate.
Thiscompareswellwiththe10.3%ratefortheworldasawhole, 3.0%forAfrica,andthe7.5%ratefortheMiddleEast.
InDecember2012,therewere3,328,300Facebooksubscribers.
Internet Use
FacebookUsers&DemographyforTunisia(2013)
Internet Use
User age distribution on Facebook in Tunisia / Male/Female User Ratio on Facebook in Tunisia
Internet Use
NumberofsubscriptionstotheInternet
Internet Use
NumberofpublicInternetcafs
Internet Use
Numberofwebsites
Internet Use
Numberofcomputersper100inhabitants
Facebook YouTube Google.tn Google.com Google.fr Blogspot.com Tunisiasat.com Yahoo.com Wikipedia.org Babylon.com
(AccordingtoAlexa)
Mosaiquefm.net Shemsfm.net Attounissia.com.tn Jawharafm.net Businessnews.com.tn Tuniscope.com Tunivisions.net Ettounsiyatv.com Assabahnews.tn Aljarida.com.tn
(AccordingtoAlexa)
AtransparentproxyprocessedeveryHTTPrequestsentoutandfilteredout sitesbasedonhostnames.
Manywebsitesofpoliticaloppositiongroupswerefiltredandblocked.
WebsitesthatcriticizeTunisia'shumanrightsrecord,wereblocked.
AccesstothesecureversionofGmailwascensored.
EasyPHPwasusedtorunafakeGmail.
Thehackingmethodwasbasically:
AftertheTunisianrevolutiongreaterfreedomofexpressiononlinewas established.
InMarch2011,ReportersWithoutBordersmovedTunisiafromits "Internetenemies".
In2012theOpenNetInitiativefoundnoevidenceofInternetfilteringin thepolitical,social,conflict/security,andInternettoolsareas.
In2011ReportersWithoutBorderslistedTunisiaas"Under Surveillance".
OnMay26agroupoflawyersobtainedacourtorderforcingtheTunisian InternetAgency(ATI)toblockpornsites
Future of Censorship ?
Theamountofthreats,incitements,disinformationandfalsepropaganda hasincreasedespeciallyonFacebook.
Mars2013:ThecreationoftheTechnicalAgencyfor Telecommunications.
TheprojectistheresultofgovernmentaldiscussionssinceDecember 2012.
Theresult:Asuggestionfromtheministerofinteriortocreatea specializedagencyinthefightagainstInternetcrime.
ApossiblereturnofAmmar404(?) Tobecontinued..
Webography
http://www.cablemap.info/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEA-ME-WE_4#Management_and_administration http://www.seamewe4.com/inpages/about_sea_me_we_4.asp http://www.gawkwire.com/technology/new_subsea_cable_brings_digital_independen ce_to_tunisia.html http://www.huaweimarine.com/marine/marine/commonWeb.do? method=showContent&webId=272 http://www.slideshare.net/mchakchouk/ati-ab1103102011-9547841 (20,21,22,23 - M. Chakchouk Keynote at the 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Tunisia#Internet http://www.tekiano.com/net/actu/5488leschiffresdelinternettunisien.html http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2010/07/05/massgmailphishingin tunisia/ http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/Freedom%20OnThe%20Net_Full %20Report.pdf
Internet in Tunisia
Thanks..
AymenAmri amri.aymen@gmail.com twitter.com/eon01