Telecommunication in Qatar

The development of telecommunications in Qatar is roughly equivalent to the average of the European Union. Under the country code +974, there were a total of 4.38 m connections in 2019. Among them were 3.92 m million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.4 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Qatar is back. Around 100% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 10% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 897 webhosts, Qatar is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 105.41 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Qatar ranked 44th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 54.30 Mbit/second (41st place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 20th place.
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Qatar comes 3rd with a download speed of 179.81 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 25 Mbit was enough for 3rd place.

The "Speedtest Global Index" published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in Mai 2021 from 180 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% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.

Access to the Internet in Qatar from 1990 - 2019

Broadband internet in Qatar 2002 - 2019

Landlines 1990 - 2019

Mobile phones 1990 - 2019

Spreading in 2019	Qatar Total	Qatar percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	2.82 m	99.65 %	382.04 m	85.43 %
Broadband users	284,679.00	10.05 %	158.30 m	35.40 %
Landlines	461,289.00	16.29 %	165.48 m	37.00 %
Mobile cellulars	3.92 m	138.33 %	542.60 m	121.33 %