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{{Infobox Government agency , agency_name = Republic of Tunisia
Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) , nativename = الوكالة التونسية للأنترنات , nativename_a = , nativename_r = , logo = , logo_width = , logo_caption = , jurisdiction =
Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...
, headquarters =
Mutuelleville Mutuelleville is a district of Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. It is located north of the downtown area, and borders Parc du Belvédère to the southwest. The main street through Mutuelleville is Avenue Jugurtha. Mutuelleville is known as a more up ...
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Tunis ''Tounsi'' french: Tunisois , population_note = , population_urban = , population_metro = 2658816 , population_density_km2 = , timezone1 = CET , utc_offset1 ...
, coordinates = {{Coord, 36, 49, 25, N, 10, 10, 36, E, display=title , chief1_name = Jawher Ferjaoui , chief1_position = CEO , chief2_name = , chief2_position = , chief3_name = , chief3_position = , parent_agency = Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies , child1_agency = , child2_agency = , website = {{URL, http://www.ati.tn The Tunisian Internet Agency, known by its acronym ATI (short for ''Agence tunisienne d'Internet'') and created on 12 March 1996, is the principal
Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital = Tunis , largest_city = capital , ...
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ISP An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides services for accessing, using, or participating in the Internet. ISPs can be organized in various forms, such as commercial, community-owned, non-profit, or otherwise private ...
. It is run by the Ministry of Communications and has an equal mission to promote
Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
usage in that country. The ATI also has the task of contributing to the installation of networks in various fields (
health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...
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education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...
and
agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...
), to manage the national network and
domain name A domain name is a string that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. Domain names are often used to identify services provided through the Internet, such as websites, email services and more. As ...
(
.tn .tn is the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa Africa is the wo ...
) to launch
website A website (also written as a web site) is a collection of web pages and related content that is identified by a common domain name and published on at least one web server. Examples of notable websites are Google Search, Google, Facebook, Amaz ...
s and organize trainings and workshops. Its customers are other ISPs,
government agencies A government or state agency, sometimes an appointed commission, is a permanent or semi-permanent organization in the machinery of government that is responsible for the oversight and administration of specific functions, such as an administratio ...
, state-run firms, research centres, etc. The ATI can thus regulate the entire national network because, except for public ISPs such as
Tunisie Telecom Tunisie Telecom is the incumbent telecom operator in Tunisia ) , image_map = Tunisia location (orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = Location of Tunisia in northern Africa , image_map2 = , capital ...
, the 5 private suppliers Orange Tunisia, 3S Global Net, HexaByte, Ooredoo Tunisia and Topnet depend on it for the network's management.


See also

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Censorship in Tunisia Censorship in Tunisia has been an issue since the country gained independence in 1956. Though considered relatively mild under President Habib Bourguiba (1957–1987), censorship and other forms of repression became common under his successor, P ...
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Internet censorship in Tunisia Internet censorship in Tunisia significantly decreased in January 2011, following the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, as the new acting government removed filters on social networking sites such as YouTube. The success of the Tunisi ...


External links


Tunisian Internet Agency official site
Companies established in 1996 Communications in Tunisia Internet service providers of Africa Internet in Tunisia Government-owned companies of Tunisia