The Office des Postes et Télécommunication de Nouvelle-Calédonie (OPT) is the dominant player in general and wholesale telecommunications in New Caledonia, however the Internet market is extremely competitive. A range of fixed, mobile, and wireless options are available to consumers from five different providers.

New Caledonia has had submarine fibre optic connectivity since the commissioning of its Gondwana cable in 2008, financed by OPT. Gondwana connects Nomeua to Sydney. An additional submarine branch connects New Caledonia's Grand Terre to Lifou, a small island to the North-East.

As with French Polynesia, the government and operators understand the fragility of their single connection to the global Internet. Cable projects including SPIN, Moana, and Hawaiki have proposed redundant connections.