Telecommunication in Tanzania

Compared to the European Union, Tanzania is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +255, there were a total of 40.08 million connections in 2017. Among them were 39.95 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.70 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Tanzania is back. Around 16% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 3% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 26,074 webhosts, Tanzania 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 Tanzania 1990 - 2017

Broadband internet in Tanzania 2005 - 2017

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2017

Mobile phones in Tanzania 1990 - 2017

Spreading in 2017	Tanzania Total	Tanzania percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	9.17 m	16.00 %	413.24 m	80.64 %
Broadband users	1.85 m	3.22 %	175.69 m	34.28 %
Landlines	127,094.00	0.22 %	209.74 m	40.93 %
Mobile cellulars	39.95 m	69.72 %	628.26 m	122.60 %