Aruba
Power & telecom standards in Aruba
Connectivity Overview
Tempest Telecom offered satellite-only service in Aruba. Iridium satellite Internet and Voice access was available for communications in rural areas without infrastructure.
Aruba uses 120V at 60Hz. Power outlets are type A, B, F and telephone jacks are RJ-11.
Dial-up Internet Access
Dial-up access was not available in Aruba. Satellite Internet was the recommended alternative.
WiFi Hotspot Access
WiFi hotspot access was not available through Tempest in Aruba.
Adapters & Power
North American (Type A/B) plugs are compatible. An adapter may not be needed for US travelers.
Standard RJ-11 jacks are used. Most international modems will connect without an adapter.
Aruba at a Glance
- Capital
- Oranjestad
- Phone Code
- +297
- Voltage
- 120V / 60Hz
- Power Plug
- A, B, F
- Phone Jack
- RJ-11
- Currency
- Florin
- Dial-up
- N/A
- WiFi
- N/A
About connectivity in Aruba
Aruba uses 120V/60Hz with Type A, Type B, and Type F outlets — reflecting the territory's status as a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands with American electrical influence. The phone jack is RJ-11. Setar (state) and Digicel Aruba operate the territory's telecom infrastructure.
Aruban commercial Internet emerged in the late 1990s through Setar. The island's tourism-dominated economy and concentrated population enabled rapid broadband adoption.
The Aruban prepaid international calling-card market through the 2000s served the modest outbound diaspora and the substantial Venezuelan-Aruban community (Aruba is 27 km from the Venezuelan coast).
Tempest Telecom served Aruba through dial-up POPs in Oranjestad. The Caribbean maritime industry and the substantial cruise-tourism sector sustained Iridium demand.
Modern Aruba has expanding FTTH and mature 4G LTE / 5G coverage.
Tempest's services across Aruba, 1997–2012
Tempest Telecommunications operated international connectivity services in Aruba between 1997 and 2012 under a unified prepaid account that absorbed multiple service types onto a single customer credential. Customers in Aruba drew from the same balance for pre-paid international voice calling, RADIUS-authenticated dial-up Internet roaming, metered Wi-Fi hotspot access, Iridium satellite voice, and Inmarsat BGAN data terminals. An attempted kiosk-payment federation (PATN, 1998) extended the same architecture to public Internet terminals but failed to reach scale.
Iridium satellite voice was available in Aruba from approximately 2001 (post-bankruptcy relaunch). Thuraya coverage did not extend to Aruba; Inmarsat BGAN data terminals filled the broadband gap from late 2005.
Nearby countries in Americas
Anguilla · Antigua and Barbuda · Argentina · Bahamas · Barbados · Belize · Bermuda · Bolivia