Telecommunication in Aruba
The development of telecommunications in Aruba is roughly equivalent to the United States. Under the country code +297, there were a total of 176,000 connections in 2020. Among them were 141,000 mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.3 per person. In the US, , this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 40,560 webhosts, Aruba is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 169 million of these, or about 0 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
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 Aruba from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Aruba 2003 - 2020
Aruba is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 97% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 18% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the Internet via mobile communications. Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2020
| Distribution in 2020 | Aruba Total | Aruba percent | USA Total | USA percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband users | 19,000.00 | 17.80 % | 121.18 m | 36.55 % |
| Landlines | 35,000.00 | 32.78 % | 101.53 m | 30.63 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 141,000.00 | 132.06 % | 351.48 m | 106.03 % |
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