Internet country code | .nc |
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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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