Telecommunication in Palestine

Compared to the European Union, Palestine is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +970, there were a total of 4.47 million connections in 2017. Among them were 4.00 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.85 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Palestine is back. Around 65% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 8% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

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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 Palestine 1990 - 2017

Broadband internet in Palestine 2004 - 2017

Landlines in the years 1992 - 2017

Mobile phones in Palestine 1990 - 2017

Spreading in 2017	West Bank Total	West Bank percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	3.05 m	65.20 %	413.24 m	80.64 %
Broadband users	361,299.00	7.71 %	175.69 m	34.28 %
Landlines	476,239.00	10.17 %	209.74 m	40.93 %
Mobile cellulars	4.00 m	85.30 %	628.26 m	122.60 %