Telecommunication in New Caledonia

Compared to the European Union, New Caledonia has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +687, there were a total of 337,996 connections in 2017. Among them were 260,277 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.96 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, New Caledonia is back. Around 82% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 20% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 34,231 webhosts, New Caledonia is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that on average every inhabitant has more than one subscription.

Spread of internet connections in New Caledonia 1990 - 2017

Broadband internet in New Caledonia 2001 - 2015

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2015

Mobile phones in New Caledonia 1990 - 2015

Spreading in 2017	New Caledonia Total	New Caledonia percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	229,993.58	82.01 %	413.24 m	80.64 %