Guadalupa: la copertura

Cosa vogliono dire i numeri di Guadalupa

Contano due numeri e solo uno è quello che citano tutti. La velocità tipica, 46.2 Mbps, dice com'è un buon momento.

Il decimo percentile, 3.5 Mbps, è quello che vale la pena leggere. È la velocità nel decimo peggiore della giornata, quando la cella sopra la stazione è piena e tutti intorno a te ci sono dentro. Un paese con mediana alta e pavimento basso funziona benissimo, fino al momento in cui ti serve davvero.

Se il viaggio dipende da videochiamate o hotspot, pianifica sul dato delle ore di punta e non su quello tipico.

Cosa succede in Guadalupa quando la rete è congestionata

La congestione non è un guasto, è un martedì sera. La domanda è cosa può farci la tua eSIM, e per quasi tutte le eSIM da viaggio la risposta è niente: un accordo all'ingrosso per paese, una rete, e nessuna via d'uscita se non comprare una seconda eSIM da qualcun altro mentre sei in mezzo alla strada.

Qui il traffico Orbislo passa da Orange Caraïbe, SFR Caraïbe, Digicel e Free Caraïbe. Quando la rete su cui sei peggiora ti spostiamo su un'altra, a metà viaggio, senza che tu lo chieda, e te lo diciamo dopo invece di interromperti sul momento.

Guadalupa: operatori mobili

• Four network operators: Digicel AFG, Free Caraibe, Orange and Outremer Telecom each hold licences for the 700 MHz, 900 MHz and 3.4 to 3.8 GHz bands in Guadeloupe, awarded by the regulator Arcep on 18 February 2025.
• Digicel and Free Caraibe: Digicel and Free Caraibe share a radio network through their joint company Madiacom, pooling their low band 800 MHz and 900 MHz spectrum. Arcep reviewed the deal in April 2021 and did not ask for changes.
• Free Caraibe: Arcep fined Free Caraibe 300,000 euros in September 2022 for missing its obligation to cover 50 percent of Guadeloupe's population with voice and very high speed mobile access by November 2018. Its commercial offers launched on 17 May 2022.
• Orange: In the February 2025 award Orange won 708 to 713 MHz and 763 to 768 MHz, 895 to 905 MHz and 940 to 950 MHz from May 2025, and 3520 to 3620 MHz in Guadeloupe, committing about 8.4 million euros.
• Market size: Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy together had 547,000 SIM cards at the end of 2025: 469,000 postpaid and 79,000 prepaid, of which only 61,000 prepaid cards were actually in use.

Guadalupa: il 5G

• Arcep let the four operators use their 700 MHz and 3.4 to 3.8 GHz spectrum in Guadeloupe from 18 February 2025 and the new 900 MHz spectrum from 1 May 2025. Each winner received a 50 MHz block in the 3.4 to 3.8 GHz band in return for a set of commitments.
• The first commercial 5G offers in Guadeloupe launched in the first half of 2025. By the end of 2025, 11 percent of active SIM cards across overseas France used 5G, against 40 percent in mainland France.
• Within five years of its 2025 licence, Orange must provide 3.5 GHz service from at least half of its higher power sites and from no fewer than 25 sites in Guadeloupe.

Guadalupa: note sulla rete

• Orange's 2025 licence requires voice and very high speed mobile access inside vehicles on about 350 km of Guadeloupe's main roads by 1 May 2028, available in at least 95 percent of connection attempts.
• Orange must publish, and update daily, a list and map of its sites that are down or degraded for maintenance or faults, including the start time of each fault and the expected repair date.
• Within 36 months of the February 2025 licence, Orange must switch on voice and SMS over wifi and make the option free on all its plans for customers with a compatible phone.
• Mobile data use in Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy reached 90,367 terabytes in 2025, an average of 14.3 GB per SIM card each month, and 411,000 cards were active on 4G.
• Arcep's 2025 survey took more than 385,000 measurements across the French Antilles and Guiana between January and April. In Guadeloupe, Orange delivered the best voice call quality.