Marshall Islands
Power & telecom standards in Marshall Islands
Connectivity Overview
Tempest Telecom offered satellite-only service in Marshall Islands. Iridium satellite Internet and Voice access was available for communications in rural areas without infrastructure.
Marshall 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 Marshall Islands. Satellite Internet was the recommended alternative.
WiFi Hotspot Access
WiFi hotspot access was not available through Tempest in Marshall 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.
Marshall Islands at a Glance
- Capital
- Majuro
- Phone Code
- +692
- Voltage
- 120V / 60Hz
- Power Plug
- A, B
- Phone Jack
- RJ-11
- Currency
- US Dollar
- Dial-up
- N/A
- WiFi
- N/A
About connectivity in Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands uses 120V/60Hz with Type A and Type B outlets, matching US standards under the Compact of Free Association with the United States. The phone jack is RJ-11. The National Telecommunications Authority (NTA) operates the country's fixed and mobile services; the country code is +692.
Commercial Internet access reached the Marshall Islands through NTA in the late 1990s, with satellite backhaul carrying essentially all international traffic until the HANTRU-1 submarine cable arrived in 2010. Per-megabyte pricing was historically very high; the SHEFA Cable (2023) substantially improved economics. The country's 29 inhabited atolls spread across 750,000 km2 of ocean make terrestrial connectivity unusually expensive per capita.
Tempest Telecom served the Marshall Islands primarily through Iridium satellite phones for the US military presence at Kwajalein Atoll (the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site), Pacific maritime customers, and the small NGO community working on climate-displacement issues. The combination of US-affiliated military demand and humanitarian-research customer base made Marshall Islands a steady (if small) market for Tempest's satellite voice and BGAN data terminals.
Modern Marshall Islands has improved 4G LTE coverage on the main atolls (Majuro, Ebeye) but satellite continues to play a substantial role for the outer atolls.
Tempest's services across Marshall Islands, 1997–2012
Tempest Telecommunications operated international connectivity services in Marshall Islands between 1997 and 2012 under a unified prepaid account that absorbed multiple service types onto a single customer credential. Customers in Marshall 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 Marshall Islands from approximately 2001 (post-bankruptcy relaunch). Thuraya coverage did not extend to Marshall Islands; Inmarsat BGAN data terminals filled the broadband gap from late 2005.
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