Telecommunication in Brunei

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 46.48 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Brunei ranks 86th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 36.37 Mbit/second (52nd place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Brunei comes 10th with a download speed of 98.25 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 36 Mbit was enough for 1st place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 countries.

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 Brunei from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Brunei 2001 - 2021

Brunei is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 95 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.