New Caledonia - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics

Synopsis

French speaking New Caledonia is equipped with a modern telephone system provided by government-owned OPT New Caledonia, the sole provider of domestic telecommunications services including a GSM mobile network. Traditional Internet access is widely available. Broadband ADSL is procurable in an increasing number of areas. Mobile telephony has become the favoured means of communication, with users exceeding the number of fixed-line connections by more than 2:1. Please note that this report is updated very 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 New Caledonia’s telecom market
    
    • 4.1.1 Market competition
      
• 5. Regulatory environment
  
• 6. Telecommunications infrastructure
  
  • 6.1 National and international
    
  • 6.2 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
    
• 7. Broadband and Internet market
  
  • 7.1 Internet market
    
    • 7.1.1 Overview
      
    • 7.1.2 Internet connectivity
      
  • 7.2 Broadband market
    
• 8. Wireless Broadband market
  
• 9. Mobile communications
  
  • 9.1 Overview of New Caledonia’s mobile market
    
    • 9.1.1 Network upgrades and expansions
      
  • 9.2 Third generation (3G) mobile
    
• 10. 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 – 1999 - 2008
• Table 8 – Broadband users – 2003 - 2008
• Table 9 – Mobile service revenues and increase – 2004
• Table 10 – Mobile subscribers – 1997 - 2008