Country/Region
Company Name
Norfolk Island Telecom
Ownership Type
State/Government Owned
MNC
10
Company Overview
Norfolk Telecom is a Norfolk Island government business enterprise overseen by the Administration of Norfolk Island. Norfolk Telecom operates the Island’s fixed and mobile telecommunications infrastructure and networks and is responsible for connecting these networks to international destinations and the internet.
The major elements of the Norfolk Telecom current services and infrastructure consist of:
- fixed line telephone utilising copper twisted pair cable and optic fibre
- primary and secondary Satellite Earth Stations
- GSM Mobile switch including 8 remote base stations and 1 micro cells
- central public exchange, which switches international as well as national traffic
- broadband internet connection (ADSL)
- Internet Service Provider (ISP)
- online telephone directory for up to-date White and Yellow Pages
- provision of PABX services to businesses and accommodation houses
- provision of monthly billing for services.
Norfolk Telecom offers a Prepaid mobile service operating on a 2G GSM network on the 900 MHz band. The Australian government is proposing an upgrade to a B3 (1800 MHz) LTE network to replace the ageing GSM system.