South Pacific Islands - Regional Market Overview & Statistics - Document Details

Penetration rates of telecom services in the South Pacific Island region are still comparatively low, with large differences between urban and rural areas where coverage is usually poor. Access to basic telecom services remains relatively expensive. Less than half of all Pacific Islanders had a phone and generally only had one supplier for any particular fixed, mobile or Internet service. A. lack of reliable fixed infrastructure combined with cheaper installation costs has enabled mobile services to make significant inroads into the market. Mobile telephony is expected to continue outpacing growth in fixed-line connections as the market moves into 2008. New technologies are gaining ground in some island countries. Several of the South Pacific nations are upgrading satellite links to outer islands, installing wireless broadband and upgrading fixed-line broadband capability and some are rolling out high-speed ADSL2+ broadband.

1. Synopsis
2. Regional overview
- 2.1 Population and economy
3. Telecommunications market
- 3.1 Overview of telecoms in Pacific Island countries
- 3.2 Network reliability issues and mobile fraud
4. Regulatory environment
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)
- 4.3 Pacific Islands Forum and its Secretariat
- 4.4 The Secretariat of the Pacific Community
5. Major international players in the region
- 5.1 Alcatel Pacific Islands
- 5.2 Cable & Wireless (C&W)
- 5.3 Paclink
- 5.4 Vodafone
- 5.5 Digicel
6. Financial and community assistance
- 6.1 European Investment Bank
- 6.2 The One Laptop Per Child Program
7. Telecommunications infrastructure
- 7.1 Overview
- 7.2 Next Generation Network (NGN) developments
  - 7.2.1 Overview
  - 7.2.2 University of the South Pacific connects to AARNet
  - 7.2.3 Papua New Guinea
- 7.3 International infrastructure
  - 7.3.1 Submarine cable networks
  - 7.3.2 Satellite networks
8. Internet market
- 8.1 Overview
  - 8.1.1 Internet statistics
- 8.2 Efforts to bridge the digital divide
  - 8.2.1 Tele-education (USPNet)
  - 8.2.2 Community telecentres
  - 8.2.3 People First Network (PFnet) rural connectivity project
  - 8.2.4 Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA)
  - 8.2.5 Telehealth projects
9. Broadband market
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Market statistics
- 9.3 Key broadband developments
  - 9.3.1 Cook Islands
  - 9.3.2 Fiji
  - 9.3.3 Guam
  - 9.3.4 Nauru
  - 9.3.5 New Caledonia
  - 9.3.6 Papua New Guinea
  - 9.3.7 Pitcairn Island
  - 9.3.8 Samoa
  - 9.3.9 Tonga
10. Mobile communications
- 10.1 Overview of South Pacific Islands mobile market
11. Mobile subscribers
- 11.1 Mobile developments
  - 11.1.1 Fiji
  - 11.1.2 Guam
  - 11.1.3 Samoa
12. VoIP
13. Related reports