Country Reports

Northern Mariana Islands

Highlights

  1. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as very poor.
  2. Out of the 1000 most-visited websites, 21% can be reached on a local server or cache in Northern Mariana Islands. This falls below Internet Society's target of 50%.
  3. As of 2023, the population of Northern Mariana Islands was 45,143. The United Nations defines it as a small island developing state.

Internet Usage Permanent link

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • No data Mbps

    Broadband

  • No data Mbps

    Mobile

Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

No data

has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet

No data

has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

1

active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Very Poor

More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

6%

of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol

22%
Oceania average

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

2

active data centers

Locally cached content

21%

of the top 1000 websites in Northern Mariana Islands can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

18%
Oceania average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • PTIPACIFICAINC-AS-AP PTI Pacifica Inc.: 75%
  • ERX-KUENTOS-AS Guam Cablevision, LLC.: 23%
  • SPACEX-STARLINK: 1%

Market competition

Very Poor

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Security Permanent link

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 100%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • None
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 2%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Inactive

Adoption of DNSSEC

98%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

71%
Oceania average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

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