OPT-NC connects 28,000 fibre customers to its network
New Caledonia's telecom sector is dominated by OPT-NC, which holds a monopoly and provides fixed and mobile voice services, mobile internet, fixed broadband access, and wholesale services for other ISPs.The country 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, OPT-NC is also deploying a nationwide FttP network. In April 2022, OPT-NC stated that it had connected 28,000 fibre customers to its 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 OPT-NC commissioned Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to build the Gondwana-2 cable system to provide additional network capacity and complement the Gondwana-1 cable.
Key Developments:
- Gondwana-2 international submarine cable due for completion later in 2022;
- Office des Postes et Telecommunications de Nouvelle-Caledonie connects 28,000 fibre customers to its network;
- Domestic Picot-2 submarine cable system lands in Mare, after prior landings in Ouémo, Mont-Dore, Nouville, Yate, Kuto and Lifou;
- Tomoo Cable soon to connect New Caledonia to the Hawaiki cable system;
- December 2021 referendum for independence from France showed 96.5% of voters chose to remain part of France, following a boycott by pro-independence parties;
Table of Contents
- Key statistics
- Country overview
- Telecommunications market
- Market overview and analysis
- Regulatory environment
- Historic overview
- Government plans
- Mobile market
- Market analysis
- Mobile statistics
- Mobile broadband statistics
- Fixed-line broadband market
- Introduction and statistical overview
- Fixed network operator
- OPT Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Telecommunications infrastructure
- National and international
- International infrastructure
- Submarine
- Satellite
- Appendix - historic data
- Glossary of abbreviations
- Related reports
List of Tables
List of Charts
List of Exhibits
