Telecommunication in Lebanon
Compared to the European Union, Lebanon has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +961, there were a total of 6.71 million connections in 2016. Among them were 4.89 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.81 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Lebanon is back. Around 76% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 22% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 64,926.00 webhosts, Lebanon 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 Lebanon 1990 - 2016
Broadband internet in Lebanon 2002 - 2016
Landlines in the years 1990 - 2016
Mobile phones in Lebanon 1990 - 2016
| Spreading in 2016 | Lebanon Total |
Lebanon percent |
EU Total |
EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 4.57 m | 76.11 % | 413.91 m | 80.94 % |
| Broadband users | 1.30 m | 21.64 % | 169.43 m | 33.13 % |
| Landlines | 1.82 m | 30.24 % | 211.93 m | 41.44 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 4.89 m | 81.42 % | 630.13 m | 123.23 % |