Telecommunication in Eritrea
Compared to the European Union, Eritrea is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +291, there were a total of 572,086.00 connections in 2016. Among them were 506,000.00 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.11 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Eritrea is back. Around 1% 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 701.00 webhosts, Eritrea is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
The following diagrams show the development of the different 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 subscription.Spread of internet connections in Eritrea 1990 - 2016
Broadband internet in Eritrea 2008 - 2016
Landlines in the years 1992 - 2016
Mobile phones in Eritrea 1991 - 2016
| Spreading in 2016 | Eritrea Total |
Eritrea percent |
EU Total |
EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 52,672.41 | 1.18 % | 413.13 m | 80.77 % |
| Broadband users | 600.00 | 0.01 % | 168.27 m | 32.90 % |
| Landlines | 66,086.00 | 1.48 % | 213.38 m | 41.72 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 506,000.00 | 11.31 % | 619.93 m | 121.20 % |