Tonfön is a
Tongan
telecommunications company, founded in 2002 by its chairman, (at that time Crown Prince)
Tupoutoa. It operates as a division of the
Shoreline Group of Companies
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. The
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Tonfön is one of Tonga's two major telecommunications providers (the other being
TCC), offering phone, internet and television services.
The company relies on profit from the sale of
phone cards
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,
SIM cards,
mobile
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Places
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* Mobile County, Alabama
* Mobile, Arizona, a small town near Phoenix, U.S.
* Mobile, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arts, entertainment, and media Music Groups and labels
* Mobile ...
,
home phone &
internet access
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packages, and the sale of
TV set-top boxes enabling subscriber access to seven 24-hour pay-TV channels on
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.
On 16 November 2006, the Shoreline/Tonfön offices located in the
Nukualofa suburb of Mailetaha were
trashed and burned to the ground by rioting pro-democracy protesters. Six people, presumed to be rioters, died in the blaze.
References
Tongan culture
2002 establishments in Tonga
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