Nauru - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics - Document Details

Nauru’s finances, government services and economy are in chaos as the consequence of a succession of inept and corrupt governments that have cost the once wealthy phosphate mining state almost its entire investment wealth. The government is the regulator and the provider of all telecom services in Nauru. In 2003 the telephone system collapsed due to equipment failure leaving the island cut off from the rest of the world. By late 2003, Nauru could not afford to have its telecommunications repaired and in March 2004 satellite communications were to be shut down for non-payment of subscription fees. By 2007 Nauru’s economy remained in deep crisis. The University of the South Pacific reported that by late 2007, there should be an island-wide WiFi network installed on Nauru – the world’s first ever island-wide WiFi/WIMAX network powered by Renewable Energy. Up-to-date statistics on telecom services are currently not available in this report, and this report is updated very infrequently due to limited availability of information on the local telecoms market.

1. Synopsis
2. Key statistics
3. Country overview
4. Telecommunications market
- 4.1 Overview of Nauru’s telecom market
5. Regulatory environment
- 5.1 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1974
6. Telecommunications infrastructure
- 6.1 National and international
7. Internet market
- 7.1 Overview
  - 7.1.1 United Nations Development Program
8. Mobile communications
9. Related reports