French Polynesia - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics

Synopsis

The Office des Postes et Telecommunications (OPT) provides domestic telecommunications services, mobile telephony and Internet services, while Tahiti Nui Telecommunications provides international voice services. The telecom system is quite advanced, with all the islands connected to the world networks by satellites. The islands are served by one ISP and one GSM mobile network. Broadband is available for the most populated Society Islands via a high-speed ADSL broadband. Alcatel has conducted a 3G/UMTS trial of multimedia high-speed UMTS services, such as video telephony. Please also 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 French Polynesia’s telecom market
    
• 5. Fixed network operators in French Polynesia
  
  • 5.1 OPT/France Cable & Radio
    
  • 5.2 Tahiti Nui Telecommunications
    
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National and international
    
    • 6.1.1 Rural telephony project
      
  • 6.2 VSAT networks
    
• 7. Broadband and Internet market
  
  • 7.1 Internet market
    
    • 7.1.1 Metua@ network
      
    • 7.1.2 ISP market
      
  • 7.2 Broadband market
    
    • 7.2.1 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
      
    • 7.2.2 Broadband via satellite
      
• 8. Mobile communications
  
  • 8.1 Overview of French Polynesia’s mobile market
    
    • 8.1.1 Mobile statistics
      
    • 8.1.2 Network upgrades and expansions
      
• 9. 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 – Internet users – 1998 - 2002; 2004 - 2008
• Table 7 – Broadband subscribers and penetration rate – 2004 - 2008
• Table 8 – Mobile subscribers and annual change – 1995 - 2008