Cayman Islands
Power & telecom standards in Cayman Islands
Connectivity Overview
Tempest Telecom offered satellite-only service in Cayman Islands. Iridium satellite Internet and Voice access was available for communications in rural areas without infrastructure.
Cayman Islands uses 120V at 60Hz. Power outlets are type A, B and telephone jacks are RJ-11.
Dial-up Internet Access
Dial-up access was not available in Cayman Islands. Satellite Internet was the recommended alternative.
WiFi Hotspot Access
WiFi hotspot access was not available through Tempest in Cayman Islands.
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.
Cayman Islands at a Glance
- Capital
- George Town
- Phone Code
- +1-345
- Voltage
- 120V / 60Hz
- Power Plug
- A, B
- Phone Jack
- RJ-11
- Currency
- KYD
- Dial-up
- N/A
- WiFi
- N/A
About connectivity in Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands use 120V/60Hz with Type A and Type B outlets. The phone jack is RJ-11. Flow Cayman (Liberty Latin America) and Digicel Cayman compete in the British Overseas Territory's telecom market.
Caymanian commercial Internet emerged in the late 1990s. The territory's position as a major offshore financial-services hub drove infrastructure investment.
The Caymanian prepaid international calling-card market through the 2000s served the substantial international workforce in the financial-services sector calling family back home.
Tempest Telecom served the Cayman Islands through dial-up POPs in George Town. The Caribbean maritime industry (the substantial cruise-tourism sector) and the international financial-services workforce sustained Iridium demand.
Modern Cayman Islands has expanding FTTH and mature 4G LTE / 5G coverage.
Tempest's services across Cayman Islands, 1997–2012
Tempest Telecommunications operated international connectivity services in Cayman Islands between 1997 and 2012 under a unified prepaid account that absorbed multiple service types onto a single customer credential. Customers in Cayman Islands 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 Cayman Islands from approximately 2001 (post-bankruptcy relaunch). Thuraya coverage did not extend to Cayman Islands; Inmarsat BGAN data terminals filled the broadband gap from late 2005.
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