Telecommunication in the Republic of the Congo

Compared to the European Union, the Republic of the Congo is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +242, there were a total of 5.02 million connections in 2018. Among them were 5.00 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.95 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, the Republic of the Congo is back. Around 9% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 0% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 45 webhosts, the Republic of the Congo is below the world's average by population.


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