In order to ensure the integration of digital technology in the daily life of people and boost the country’s economic development through ICT, Tunisia has launched a countrywide broadband internet access project. The project, estimated to cost around 200 million dinars (approximately USD 116 million), will be on the installation of modern equipment to enable quality internet signal reach all governorates in order for the populations and companies to benefit from a better access.

The Ministry of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy is in charge of implementing of the project, spread over four years. Work will start in 2016. To guarantee its success, the government has ordered a preliminary strategic study. The study is centred on several points, including cost breakdown and impacts on users, identification of a partnership with the private sector.

In Maghreb, Tunisia is one of the countries with a high development indicator for ICT. It ranks third after Egypt and Morocco. But in the 2014 global ranking, over 166 countries, it dropped three places moving from 96^th to 99^th. According to the UIT report, Tunisia is still below the world average (4.77) and the Arab average (4.57), though clearly above the African average (2.31).