Tonfön

Infobox_Company
company_name = Tonfön
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2002
location = Nukuokinaalofa, Tonga
key_people = King George Tupou V, Chairman
industry = Communications Services
products = ISP, phone cards, Tonfön Television
homepage =

Tonfön is a Tongan telecommunications company, founded in 2002 by its chairman, (at that time still known as Crownprince) Tupoutookinaa. It operates as a division of the Shoreline Group of Companies. No one knows why a diaeresis is placed on the second 'o'. It is not pronounced, nor is it in the words from which the name apparently has been derived (Tonga telefoni, Tonga telephone), but it causes endless confusion.

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, SIM cards, mobile, home phone & internet access packages, and the sale of TV set-top boxes enabling subscriber access to seven 24-hour pay-TV channels on Tonfön Television.

On 16 November 2006, the Shoreline/Tonfön offices located in the NukuOkinaalofa suburb of Mailetaha were trashed and burned to the ground by rioting pro-democracy protestors. [http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=162903] Six people, presumed to be rioters, died in the blaze. [http://www.tonga-broadcasting.com/artman/publish/article_610.shtml]