Tonga's two main mobile communication providers, the Tonga Communication Corporation and Tonfon have teamed up their texting services, announcing on September 14 that their customers can now receive and send text messages to each other.

Text messaging has been available in Tonga since 2001 and Tonfon as well as TCC's Ucall mobile were offering text messaging both locally and internationally. However, the companies were not able to text each other until now.

Both companies are confident that texting between their customers will be welcomed by the market and will bring additional text traffic for both companies.

At the launching of the service on Friday were Tai'atu 'Ata'ata, TCC's Marketing Manager, and Tupou 'Ahome'e Faupula and Siaosi Koloamatangi from the Marketing team of Tonfon Communications.