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 2021. 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 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 percent 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 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 18 percent 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. 
Country comparison: Aruba / United States of America
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