Telecommunication in Equatorial Guinea
Compared to the European Union, Equatorial Guinea is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +240, there were a total of 602,071 connections in 2019. Among them were 591,223 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.44 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Equatorial Guinea is back. Around 26% 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 7 webhosts, Equatorial Guinea is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 5.7 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Equatorial Guinea ranked 178th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 4.8 Mbit/second (174th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 20th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Equatorial Guinea comes th with a download speed of 0 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 0 Mbit was enough for th place.
The "Speedtest Global Index" published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in Mai 2021 from 180 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and Internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the Internet in Equatorial Guinea from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Equatorial Guinea 2005 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Equatorial Guinea Total | Equatorial Guinea percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 355,809.68 | 26.24 % | 382.04 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 1,620.00 | 0.12 % | 158.30 m | 35.40 % |
| Landlines | 10,848.00 | 0.80 % | 165.48 m | 37.00 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 591,223.00 | 43.60 % | 542.60 m | 121.33 % |