Grenada
Power & telecom standards in Grenada
Connectivity Overview
Tempest Telecom offered satellite-only service in Grenada. Iridium satellite Internet and Voice access was available for communications in rural areas without infrastructure.
Grenada uses 230V at 50Hz. Power outlets are type G and telephone jacks are RJ-11.
Dial-up Internet Access
Dial-up access was not available in Grenada. Satellite Internet was the recommended alternative.
WiFi Hotspot Access
WiFi hotspot access was not available through Tempest in Grenada.
Adapters & Power
A Type G (British 3-pin) adapter is required for travelers from North America, Europe, and most of Asia.
Standard RJ-11 jacks are used. Most international modems will connect without an adapter.
Grenada at a Glance
- Capital
- St. George's
- Phone Code
- +1-473
- Voltage
- 230V / 50Hz
- Power Plug
- G
- Phone Jack
- RJ-11
- Currency
- EC Dollar
- Dial-up
- N/A
- WiFi
- N/A
About connectivity in Grenada
Grenada uses 230V/50Hz with the British Type G plug — a legacy of British colonial wiring. The phone jack is RJ-11. Flow Grenada (Liberty Latin America) and Digicel Grenada operate the country's telecom infrastructure.
Grenadian commercial Internet emerged in the late 1990s. Mobile data dominates current Internet access.
The Grenadian prepaid international calling-card market through the 2000s served the modest outbound diaspora — concentrated in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Tempest Telecom served Grenada through dial-up POPs in St. George's. The Caribbean maritime industry, the nutmeg-export agricultural sector, and the modest cruise-tourism economy sustained Iridium demand.
Modern Grenada has expanding 4G LTE coverage with FTTH concentrated in St. George's.
Tempest's services across Grenada, 1997–2012
Tempest Telecommunications operated international connectivity services in Grenada between 1997 and 2012 under a unified prepaid account that absorbed multiple service types onto a single customer credential. Customers in Grenada 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 Grenada from approximately 2001 (post-bankruptcy relaunch). Thuraya coverage did not extend to Grenada; Inmarsat BGAN data terminals filled the broadband gap from late 2005.
Nearby countries in Americas
Ecuador · El Salvador · French Guiana · Greenland · Guadeloupe · Guatemala · Guyana · Haiti