Naceur Hidoussi Hexabyte's CEO -One of the first ISP in Tunisia- Has confirmed that the company was healthy and fine contesting the late rumors about it's imminent bankruptcy.

As the two major ISP: Planet and Topnet most of the market, other company has been shadowed under the hard competition, Hexabyte's lack of innovation and slowdown of activity has spread a cognitive sense of its uncertain future.

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Easily surpassing the 100 000 ADSL subscribers the ISP Tunisian Topnet remains the number 1 in the Internet market in Tunisia ahead of its competitors, with a market share of over 42%.

Topnet In brief:
Created in May 2001, is a Topnet ISP Tunisia. Strengths of its commitment to offer its customers a quality of service, his pragmatism and professionalism, Topnet never ceases to grow and reach the highest level to satisfy its customers.

According to an article published on the weekly newspaper "EL Mosawi, a commission charged with resolving conflicts between the operator Tunisie Telecom and Internet service providers (ISPs) will be created within the national telecommunication.

The commission is thus assigned to solve problems related to poor access of subscribers to the Internet.

In the same context, the commission will rule on liability of defects in the connection between the incumbent Tunisie Telecom and ISPs. It should be noted that each of the parties is Tunisie Telecom or ISP always throw the responsibility for failing to connect on the other. Thus, the subscriber will be cut between the jet of responsibility between the two.

Recall that the number of ADSL (broadband Internet) is estimated at 400,000 in 2009 against 212 000 subscribers in 2008 of which 52% of connections are at speeds greater than 512kb / s.

And according to the minister of communication technologies, the decrease of 25% of the price of connections recorded in the year 2008 will continue in 2009 to attract more customers.

However, this expansion of ADSL creates an obligation to have a national body to resolve disputes between customers and stakeholders in the circuit.

Tunis, February 14, 2009- In a communiqué released on Saturday, Tunisia’s state owned, largest internet and telephone provider, “Tunisie Telecom” has announced that it is boosting broadband connections, as well as improving the quality of its ADSL connections to enable its new customers to benefit from twice the internet speed they have chosen, at no additional cost.

The offer which is valid from February 15 to March 15, offers the possibility for new subscribers to get a 512k for the price of a 256K connection, or that of 1MB for the price of 2MB, that is respectively 20 and 30 dinars.

The move is in line with presidential instructions to lower ADSL internet connections, for increased competitiveness and performance.

Apart from “Tunisie Telecom” which sold 35% of its stakes to Dubai’s ”Tecom” in 2006, “Tunisiana” an “Orascom” company , is the second private telephone operator in the country.

Tunisian authorities have launched an international call for tenders for a third private mobile and fixed line, telephone operator. Results for the bid will be announced as of May 2009.

Figures recently released by the Ministry of Communication Technologies reveal a significant growth of mobile phone and internet users in Tunisia. In June 2008 the two mobile phone operators (Tunisie Telecom and Tunisiana) had a combined 8.12 million mobile phone subscribers up from 7 million twelve months earlier.

At the same point, there were 2.68 million internet users compared to 1.68 million in June 2007. The number of ADSL connections has doubled from 76,000 in 2007 to 153,000 in 2008. 27% of users have 512KB connections, and 22,000 users have a connection equal or superior to 1Mbps.

The number of companies benefiting from WiMAX connections reached 700 at the end of June 2008, and the number of subscribers to data sending through VSAT had also increased to reach 420, notably among enterprises producing software and computer systems and call centres.