Tunisie Telecom to add 100,000 ADSL lines by year-end

Tunisie Telecom plans to double the number of ADSL lines in service by the end of the year, and add 250,000 lines in 2007 to reach a total of at least 450,000 lines, according to Telecompaper citing the company’s marketing director, Michael Foley, in an interview with La Presse. He acknowledged that Tunisia had fallen behind other countries in the provision of broadband services and said Tunisie Telecom would do everything possible to boost ADSL penetration in homes, businesses and schools.