Telecommunication in New Zealand

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 127.88 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, New Zealand ranked 10th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 88.27 Mbit/second (16th place).
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, New Zealand comes 25th with a download speed of 58.52 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was only enough for 48th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in July 2022 from 182 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 New Zealand from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in New Zealand 2000 - 2020

The expansion of broadband Internet in New Zealand is roughly on a par with the USA. Around 92% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 35% 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.