Ministry of Communication Technologies (Tunisia)
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The Ministry of Communication Technologies of Tunisia is a cabinet-level governmental agency in Tunisia
in charge of organizing the sector, planning, control and supervision of activities directed at acquiring new technology and improving the communications sector in Tunisia.
The Cabinet of the ministry consists of several departments:
; establishing organizational and regulatory framework to ensure the sector operates correctly, and introducing the structural and functional changes required by the demands of efficiency and quality in this domain; developing international cooperation and partnership in the field of telecommunications.
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
in charge of organizing the sector, planning, control and supervision of activities directed at acquiring new technology and improving the communications sector in Tunisia.
Structure
The ministry is headed by the Minister aided by the Secretary of State for Information, Internet and Free Software.The Cabinet of the ministry consists of several departments:
- Central recording office;
- Information, reception and public relations office;
- Office for following up decisions made by the ministerial council, the inner ministerial councils and the inter-ministerial councils;
- Office responsible for the operational system of communications help, safety and office hours;
- Office of Citizen Relations;
- Technology monitoring office;
- General affairs office;
- International cooperation, foreign relations and partnership office;
- Investors supervisory and approval office;
- Documentary management and documentation office;
- Advisory committees.
Functions
Ministry is responsible for setting up strategic studies in the field of telecommunications; supervising research programs and industrial activities, and fitting them to the sector’s requirements; setting up the standards and specifications pertaining to the communications sector sector; introducing the technological progress in the context of the economic and social development plans; supervising investors and, where necessary, intervening in the concerned enterprises to help them obtain services that come under this sector in the best possible conditions; supervising agents’ activities in the field of telecommunications and postal servicesLa Poste Tunisienne
La Poste Tunisienne is the company responsible for postal service in Tunisia. It also operates banking services within Tunisia as well. The company was founded in 1847, and was admitted to the Universal Post Union in 1878...
; establishing organizational and regulatory framework to ensure the sector operates correctly, and introducing the structural and functional changes required by the demands of efficiency and quality in this domain; developing international cooperation and partnership in the field of telecommunications.
See also
- Internet in TunisiaInternet in TunisiaThe Internet in Tunisia reached 1.7 million users in 2008.-Access:Tunisia has one of the most developed telecommunications infrastructures in North Africa with broadband prices among the lowest in Africa. Internet access is available throughout the country using a fibre-optic backbone and...
- La Poste TunisienneLa Poste TunisienneLa Poste Tunisienne is the company responsible for postal service in Tunisia. It also operates banking services within Tunisia as well. The company was founded in 1847, and was admitted to the Universal Post Union in 1878...
- Tunisian Internet AgencyTunisian Internet AgencyThe Tunisian Internet Agency, known by its acronym ATI and created on 12 March 1996, is the principal Tunisian ISP...
- Government of Tunisia