Telecommunication in the Bahamas

Compared to the European Union, Bahamas has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +1809, there were a total of 467,392 connections in 2017. Among them were 353,540 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.93 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Bahamas is back. Around 85% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 23% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 20,661 webhosts, Bahamas 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 the Bahamas 1990 - 2017

Broadband internet in the Bahamas 2001 - 2017

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2017

Mobile phones in the Bahamas 1990 - 2017

Spreading in 2017	Bahamas Total	Bahamas percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	324,496.85	85.00 %	413.04 m	80.64 %
Broadband users	86,868.00	22.75 %	175.69 m	34.30 %
Landlines	113,852.00	29.82 %	209.74 m	40.95 %
Mobile cellulars	353,540.00	92.61 %	628.26 m	122.66 %