New Report Gives a Market Overview of Telecoms in the Cook Islands
DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92875) has announced the addition of Cook Islands - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics to their offering. Consisting of 15 islands spread over 2.2 million sq km, the Cook Islands suffers from the same enormous problems of distance and small population as do many other Pacific countries. All telecommunications services are provided by the monopoly operator, Telecom Cook Islands Ltd (TCI), which is majority owned by Telecom New Zealand. Around 85% of households have fixed-line connections. A new GSM/GPRS digital mobile service launched in Rarotonga, the main island, at the end of 2003. TCI launched a prepaid WiFi Internet service in September 2005 and a residential ADSL service on Rarotonga in April 2006. In mid 2007 TCI upgraded its core mobile network to allow the launch of new services such as integrated SMS, voice mail, GPRS and prepaid mobile. Please also note that this report is updated very infrequently due to limited availability of information on the local telecoms market. Up-to-date statistics are currently not available in this report. -0- *T Contents: 1. Synopsis 2. Key statistics 3. Country overview 4. Telecommunications market 4.1 Cook Islands telecom market overview 5. Regulatory environment 6. Fixed network operators 6.1 Telecom Cook Islands Ltd 7. Telecommunications infrastructure 7.1 National and international 7.1.1 Satellite connections 7.1.2 Market developments - May 2007 8. Internet and broadband market 8.1 Internet 8.2 Broadband 8.3 Wireless broadband 8.4 Planned WiMAX trials 8.5 Public access terminals 8.6 ISP market 8.6.1 Oyster Internet Services 9. Mobile communications 9.1 Market overview 9.2 Mobile network upgrade - 2007 9.3 GSM/GPRS network history 9.4 Analogue network history 10. Broadcasting 10.1 Satellite TV 11. Related reports Table 1 - Country statistics Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2002 Table 3 - Internet provider statistics - 2005 Table 4 - Internet user statistics - 2005 Table 5 - Mobile statistics - September 2006 Table 6 - Fixed lines in service & teledensity (historical): 1997-2002 Table 7 - Internet users and penetration - 2001 - 2002; 2005 Table 8 - Mobile subscribers & penetration - 1997 - 2003; 2005 - 2006 *T For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c92875 Research and Markets Laura Wood, Senior Manager press@researchandmarkets.com Fax: +353 1 4100 980 Copyright Business Wire 2008
