Federated States of Micronesia - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics

Synopsis

All telecommunications services in Micronesia are provided by government-owned FSM Telecom (FSMTC), including Internet and mobile telephony. The telecommunications infrastructure compares favourably with many of the islands in the South Pacific region. Great distances between islands and their isolated location coupled with mountainous terrain and dense jungle add to the difficulties in deploying cost-effective national communications infrastructure. In 2005 FSMTC installed a wireless Internet service and conducted a soft launch of a Digital Wireless Broadband TV service in Yap. In 2006 Huawei began to replace and upgrade FSMTC’s existing GSM network to a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network with high-speed packet data service capabilities. Please note that this report is updated infrequently due to limited availability of information on the local telecoms market.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Key statistics
• 3. Country overview
• 4. Telecommunications market
  • 4.1 Overview of FSM telecom market
• 5. Regulatory environment
  • 5.1 FSM Communication Act 1991
  • 5.2 Regulatory authority
    • 5.2.1 Department of Transportation, Communications & Infrastructure
• 6. Fixed network operators in FSM
  • 6.1 FSM Telecommunications Corporation (FSMTC)
• 7. Telecommunications infrastructure
  • 7.1 National telecom network
  • 7.2 International infrastructure
    • 7.2.1 International voice services
    • 7.2.2 Satellite networks
• 8. Internet market
  • 8.1 FSMTC’s Internet services
  • 8.2 YapSEED
• 9. Broadcasting in FSM
  • 9.1 Overview of TV broadcasting
  • 9.2 Cable TV
  • 9.3 Digital wireless cable (broadband) TV
  • 9.4 Radio via Internet streaming
• 10. Mobile communications
  • 10.1 Overview of FSM mobile market
  • 10.2 Network upgrade
• 11. Related reports

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2008
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2008
• Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2008
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2008
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2008
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Internet users – 1996 - 2008
• Table 8 – Mobile subscribers and penetration rate – 1998 - 2008