WiFi Insights in the South Pacific

Synopsis

The information in this insight on WiFi, highlights developments of this technology in some of the South Pacific Islands and also includes information on New Zealand WiFi developments.

Some of the information comes from BuddeComm reports where noted while other information comes from separate company and external researched information that may not be in our South Pacific reports.

As some of the information is updated infrequently it may not be the latest available.

Separate information on WiFi developments in Australia is available separately from www.budde.com.au

Latest developments:

WiFi expanding across the region as the topology allows coverage where fixed access lines are unable to be deployed.

Companies mentioned in this report:

Zenbu Networks, Telecom Cook Islands (TCI), TFL, Digicel, Fintel, Connect, Tomizone.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Background information
• 3. American Samoa
  • 3.1 Overview
• 4. Cook Islands
  • 4.1 Overview
  • 4.2 TCI hotspots
  • 4.3 Zenbu Networks
  • 4.4 WiMAX
  • 4.5 Public access terminals
• 5. Fiji
  • 5.1 Overview
  • 5.2 Internet Service Providers
    • 5.2.1 Connect
  • 5.3 Wireless broadband
    • 5.3.1 WiFi
    • 5.3.2 WiMAX
• 6. Guam
  • 6.1 Overview
  • 6.2 Wireless broadband
• 7. New Zealand
  • 7.1 Overview
  • 7.2 Kordia
    • 7.2.1 Overview
    • 7.2.2 Metro Wi-Fi network
  • 7.3 Zenbu Networks
    • 7.3.1 Overview
    • 7.3.2 Expansion into the Australian market
    • 7.3.3 Subscriber and network statistics
  • 7.4 WiFi
    • 7.4.1 Overview
    • 7.4.2 Free WiFi expanding
  • 7.5 WiMAX
• 8. Niue
  • 8.1 Overview
  • 8.2 Wireless broadband
    • 8.2.1 WiFi
    • 8.2.2 Mobile communications
• 9. Palau
  • 9.1 Overview
• 10. Papua New Guinea
  • 10.1 Overview
  • 10.2 MiFi hotspots
• 11. Samoa
  • 11.1 Overview
• 12. Tonga
  • 12.1 Overview
• 13. Vanuatu
  • 13.1 Overview
  • 13.2 MiFi hotspots
• 14. Related reports

• Table 1 – TCI prepaid WiFi access charges – 2013
• Table 2 – Zenbu subscribers, WiFi zones and data throughput – 2007 - 2012

• Exhibit 1 – A look at a startup company ‘Smartcall Telecom’ that aimed for WiFi

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