In the South Pacific Islands Telecom Services Remain Expensive with Less Than Half of the Population Having a Phone in 2005.DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29233) has announced the addition of 2006 South Pacific Islands - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband to their offering. This report provides an overview and analysis as well as key statistics on all aspects of the South Pacific Islands market including mobile, Internet and Broadband, infrastructure, broadcasting and pay TV and the latest regulatory developments. Islands covered include: American Samoa American Samoa, officially Territory of American Samoa, unincorporated territory of the United States (2000 pop. 57,291), comprising the eastern half of the Samoa island chain in the South Pacific. , Cook Islands, Federated Connected and treated as one. See federated database and federated directories. States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia French Polynesia, officially Territory of French Polynesia, internally self-governing overseas country (2002 pop. 245,516) of France, consisting of 118 islands in the South Pacific. The capital is Papeete, on Tahiti. , Guam, Marshall Islands Marshall Islands, officially Republic of the Marshall Islands, independent nation (2005 est. pop. 59,000), in the central Pacific. The Marshalls extend over a 700-mi (1,130-km) area and comprise two major groups: the Ratak Chain in the east, and the Ralik Chain in , Nauru, New Caledonia New Caledonia, Fr. Nouvelle Calédonie, internally self-governing territory of France (2005 est. pop. 216,000), land area 7,241 sq mi (18,760 sq km), South Pacific, c.700 mi (1,130 km) E of Australia. , Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (păp`  ə, –y , Samoa , Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, independent Commonwealth nation (2005 est. pop. 538,000), c.15,500 sq mi (40,150 sq km), SW Pacific, E of New Guinea. The islands that constitute the nation of the Solomon Islands—Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia, the Santa Cruz Islands, , Tonga, and Vanuatu. Key issues covered include: Access to basic telecom services remains relatively expensive. In 2005 less than half of all Pacific Islanders had a phone and generally only had one supplier for any particular fixed, mobile or Internet service. Lack of reliable fixed infrastructure combined with cheaper installation costs has enabled mobile services to make significant inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ into the market. Mobile telephony is expected to outpace growth in fixed-line connections as the market moves into 2006 and 2007. Fixed line and wireless broadband services are making slow inroads in a few islands. Topics Covered 1. REGIONAL MARKET OVERVIEW AND STATISTICS 2. AMERICAN SAMOA 3. COOK ISLANDS 4. FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA 5. FIJI 6. FRENCH POLYNESIA 7. GUAM 8. KIRIBATI 9. MARSHALL ISLANDS 10. NAURU 11. NEW CALEDONIA 12. NIUE 13. NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Northern Mariana Islands (märēä`nä), commonwealth associated with the United States (2005 est. pop. 80,400), c.185 sq mi (479 sq km), comprising 16 islands (6 inhabited) of the Marianas chain (all except Guam), in the W Pacific 14. PALAU 15. PAPUA NEW GUINEA 16. PITCAIRN ISLAND 17. SAMOA 18. SOLOMON ISLANDS 19. TOKELAU 20. TONGA 21. TUVALU 22. VANUATU 23. WALLIS & FUTUNA ISLANDS 24. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS List of Exhibits List of Tables Summary 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. In 2005 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 outpace growth in fixed-line connections as the market moves into 2006 and 2007. New technologies are gaining ground in some island countries: 3G mobile services are expected to be launched in Fiji in 2006, and in 2005 Unwired Fiji launched the country's first privately-owned broadband wireless network. Market overview: In 2005 less than half of all Pacific Islanders had a phone and generally only had one supplier for any particular fixed, mobile or Internet service. The vast expanses between the islands have created many uneconomic pockets and an enormous diversity in social and economic development has hindered the ability to adequately utilise the latest technologies. A major digital divide has resulted and assistance from developed nations such as New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and Australia is needed urgently to address the issue. To make further economic progress, the region needs to start liberalising trade in goods, then services and labour. But it has been stumbling at the former partly because of strong protectionist business lobbies. In mid-2005 Fiji was in the process of deregulating de·reg·u·late tr.v. de·reg·u·lat·ed, de·reg·u·lat·ing, de·reg·u·lates To free from regulation, especially to remove government regulations from: deregulate the airline industry. its telecom industry, and this process is expected to continue until 2006 or 2007. Like many other islands in the region, there has been pressure from the World Bank and other institutions for a more deregulated environment. With the prohibitively high costs involved in laying wired infrastructure, wireless technology offers alternative opportunities to make Internet access, telephone and television services more widely available to the region's dispersed populations. Two types of mobile fraud: Internet Dialler Activity and PRS/ roaming fraud. are now prevalent worldwide as well as amongst many Pacific Islands. The introduction of NewSat's satellite services into PNG (Portable Network Graphics) A bitmapped graphics file format endorsed by the World Wide Web Consortium. It is expected to eventually replace the GIF format, because there are lingering legal problems with GIFs. in 2005 is expected to provide a huge benefit to the country's businesses and local communities in particular its schools, universities and hospitals. For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c29233 |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion