Telecommunication in Paraguay

Compared to the European Union, Paraguay is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +595, there were a total of 7.84 million connections in 2016. Among them were 7.49 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.1 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Paraguay is back. Around 51% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 4% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 280,658.00 webhosts, Paraguay 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 Paraguay 1990 - 2016

Broadband internet in Paraguay 2000 - 2016

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2016

Mobile phones in Paraguay 1990 - 2016

Spreading in 2016	Paraguay Total	Paraguay percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	3.45 m	51.35 %	413.79 m	80.94 %
Broadband users	239,499.00	3.56 %	169.43 m	33.14 %
Landlines	350,455.00	5.21 %	211.93 m	41.46 %
Mobile cellulars	7.49 m	111.36 %	630.13 m	123.26 %