The Office des postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française (OPT, ) is an
établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial
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responsible for providing
postal, telecommunications, and
basic
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financial services
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in
French Polynesia
)Territorial motto: ( en, "Great Tahiti of the Golden Haze")
, anthem =
, song_type = Regional anthem
, song = " Ia Ora 'O Tahiti Nui"
, image_map = French Polynesia on the globe (French Polynesia centered).svg
, map_alt = Location of Frenc ...
. Its head office is located at the Hôtel des Postes in
Papeete
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.
Postal and telecommunications services were originally provided by the ''Office d’État des postes et télécommunications de la Polynésie française'', created in 1962 after the arrival of the
Pacific Experimentation Center. Following the granting of internal autonomy to French Polynesia in 1984, the
Assembly of French Polynesia
The Assembly of French Polynesia (french: Assemblée de la Polynésie française, Tahitian: Te apo'ora'a rahi o te fenua Mā'ohi) is the unicameral legislature of French Polynesia, an overseas country of the French Republic. It is located at Plac ...
created an EPIC to provide those services instead.
As of 2023 the company has five major subsidiaries:
*
ONATi for fixed and mobile telephony and broadband
* Fare Rata for postal services
* Tahiti Nui Telecom for satellite, cable, and cloud computing services
* Pacific Cash Services for cash transport within the OPT group
* MARARA Payment for financial services
The OPT is part of the
International Telecommunication Union, the
Universal Postal Union, the Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA), and the
Pacific Telecommunications Council
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(PTC).
References
Government-owned companies of French Polynesia
1984 establishments in French Polynesia
Telecommunications companies of Oceania
Postal organizations
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