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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 November 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. Network construction is scheduled to be completed in January 2008. Please note that this report is updated 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 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 Submarine cable networks
      
    • 7.2.3 Satellite networks
      
• 8. Internet market
  
  • 8.1 FSMTC’s Internet services
    
  • 8.2 YapSEED
    
• 9. Mobile communications
  
  • 9.1 Mobile market overview
    
  • 9.2 Network upgrade
    
• 10. Broadcasting in FSM
  
  • 10.1 Overview of TV broadcasting
    
  • 10.2 Cable TV
    
  • 10.3 Digital wireless cable (broadband) TV
    
• 11. Radio via Internet streaming
  
• 12. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Country statistics – 2007
• Table 2 – Telephone network statistics – 2006
• Table 3 – Internet provider statistics – 2006
• Table 4 – Internet user statistics – 2007
• Table 5 – Mobile statistics – 2007
• Table 6 – National telecommunications authority
• Table 7 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2001; 2003 - 2006
• Table 8 – Internet users – 1996 - 2007
• Table 9 – Internet host computers – 1995 - 2003; 2005; 2007
• Table 10 – Mobile subscribers and penetration – 1998 - 2007

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