Introduction
How is the communication system in New Caledonia? Here, Broadcast media include the publicly owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which operates in France's overseas departments and territories, broadcasts over the RFO Nouvelle-Calédonie TV and radio stations; a small number of privately owned radio stations also broadcast. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in New Caledonia
Internet country code .nc
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 55,000 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 19 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 237,800 (2021 est.)
Percent of population 82% (2021 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment New Caledonia’s telecom sector provides fixed and mobile voice services, mobile internet, fixed broadband access, and wholesale services for other ISPs; the territory is well serviced by extensive 3G and LTE networks, and is considered to have one of the highest smartphone adoption rates in the Pacific region; by 2025, smart phone penetration is expected to reach 71%; while DSL is still the dominant fixed broadband technology, and a nationwide FttP network; the South Pacific region has become a hub for submarine cable system developments in recent years, with further networks scheduled to come online later in 2021 and into 2022; these new cables are expected to increase competition in the region with regards to international capacity; in 2020, the government owned telco commissioned Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build the Gondwana-2 cable system to provide additional network capacity and complement the Gondwana-1 cable (2022)
Domestic Fixed-line is 16 per 100 and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership 90 per 100 persons (2021)
International Country code - 687; landing points for the Gondwana-1 and Picot-1 providing connectivity via submarine cables around New Caledonia and to Australia; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019)
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 46,000 (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 16 (2021 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 260,000 (2021 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 90 (2021 est.)
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New Caledonia is found in Melanesia