
Telecommunication in Palestine
Compared to the United States, Palestine is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +970, there were a total of 4.54 million connections in 2021. Among them were 4.05 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.82 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.Back to overview: Palestine
Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 53.07 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Palestine ranks 73rd in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 38.04 Mbit/second (49th 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 Palestine from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Palestine 2004 - 2021

Landlines 1992 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Palestine Total | Palestine percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 405,014.00 | 8.23 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 485,829.00 | 9.87 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 4.05 m | 82.33 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |