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CommunicationsTelephones - main lines in use World Ranking: 154
72,200 (2009)
Telephones - mobile cellular World Ranking: 176
220,800 (2009)
Telephone system
General assessment
A submarine cable network connection between New Caledonia and Australia, completed in 2007, is expected to significantly increase network capacity and improve high-speed connectivity and access to international networks Domestic Combined fixed-line and mobile-cellular telephone subscribership exceeds 100 per 100 persons International Country code - 687; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2008) Broadcast media
The publicly-owned French Overseas Network (RFO), which operates in France's overseas departments and territories, broadcasts over the RFO Nouvelle Caledonie TV and radio stations; a small number of privately-owned radio stations also broadcast (2008) Internet country code
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Internet hosts World Ranking: 102
33,904 (2010)
Internet users World Ranking: 164
85,000 (2009)
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New Caledonia [ France ] (Overseas Territory):
 
GPS points from New Caledonia [ France ] (Overseas Territory)
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Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s ended in the 1998 Noumea Accord, which over a period of 15 to 20 years will transfer an increasing amount of governing responsibility from France to New Caledonia. The agreement also commits France to conduct a referendum between 2014 and 2018 to decide whether New Caledonia should assume full sovereignty and independence.