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3.5 Haiti Telecommunications
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Land lines and fax lines are not available since the 2010 earthquake. Desk phones work with SIM cards. Various mobile phone providers are present in country, which made the sector a competitive market with relatively low prices for the users. UN Agencies and BINUH are also using radio communication equipment, and so do most of the NGOs in order to comply with security rules. Three internet service providers are also present in country, and satellite and microwave connections are available. Most of the providers gain access to the net through underwater sea cables, but also via the Dominican Republic using microwave links, or via satellite as backup.

For more information on Haiti Telecommunications contact details, please see the following link: 4.7 Haiti Additional Service Provision Contact List

Telephone and Internet Services

Is there an existing landline telephone network?

No

Does it allow international calls?

No

On average, number and length of downtime periods

For mobile operators in average – 15% downtime

Mobile phone providers (List)

DIGICEL, NATCOM

Estimated availability and coverage

Approx. 80% of country coverage

Internet service Providers

DIGICEL, NATCOM, ACCESS HAITI 

Telecommunication Regulation

The only regulating body for telecommunications is Conseil National des Télécommunications (CONATEL)

Regulations

Regulations on usage or import of:

Yes / No

Regulating Authority

Satellite

Yes

CONATEL

HF Radio

Yes

CONATEL

UHF/VHF/HF radio: handheld, base and mobile

Yes

CONATEL

UHF/VHF repeaters

Yes

CONATEL

VSAT

Yes

CONATEL

Individual Network Operator Licenses Required

  • CONATEL

Frequency Licenses Required

  • CONATEL

Existing Humanitarian Telecoms Systems

The Humanitarian Telecom System is mostly based on the UNDSS radio network. UNDSS manages a single radio room in Port-au-Prince but there are plans to extend coverage to a few other points of interest in the country, allowing better coverage for Humanitarian Organizations (UN and NGOs).

Existing UN Telecommunication Systems

Organisations 

UNDP

WFP

UNICEF

IOM

OCHA

BINUH

VHF frequencies

No

No

No

No

No

No

HF frequencies

No

No

No

No

No

No

Repeaters

(Locations)

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

VSAT

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

For more information on Haiti Telecommunications contact details, please see the following link: 4.7 Haiti Additional Service Provision Contact List.


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