TELECOMMUNICATION
The telecommunications sector continues to grow through the deployment of the Internet and mobile telephony. The equipment of the territory of 4G and optical fiber is improving at a fast pace.
The telecommunications sector includes the territorial operator, the New Caledonia Post and Telecommunications Office (OPT-NC) and its partners (internet service providers, distributors and content providers).
Source IEOM
NC Pocket Wi-Fi
NC Pocket Wi-Fi provides small internet boxes that can be used anywhere on the island. They give you access to unlimited data, 4G broadband internet and shared connection for up to 5 devices, furthermore no SIM card is required.
Office des postes et télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie (OPT)
OPT is the only telecoms provider on the island. Their mission is to build infrastructures (networks, technical buildings, agencies), ensure digital development, deliver essential postal, banking, and telecommunication services across the country and implement an adapted pricing policy.
Société Calédonienne de Connectivité Internationale (SCCI)
SCCI’s current project is to connect to the Trans-Pacific Hawaiki submarine cable, by building a connection branch 700km off Isle of Pines in order to lower the cost of the Caledonian Internet, significantly increase subscriber speed and improve the quality of the Internet.
Recent news about OPT
OPT has selected Alcatel Submarine Networks (ASN) to construct and install the Gondwana-2 subsea cable linking New Caledonia to Fiji. The cable is intended to provide additional network capacity and resilience alongside the existing Gondwana-1 cable system, which connects New Caledonia to Australia. The five-year contract with ASN is worth approximately $40.7 million. The work is due for completion in early 2022. The operator launched the tender process for the new cable a year ago.