Telecommunication in Estonia

The development of telecommunications in Estonia is roughly equivalent to the average of the European Union. Under the country code +372, there were a total of 2.27 million connections in 2017. Among them were 1.90 million 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, Estonia is back. Around 88% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 31% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 865,494 webhosts, Estonia 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 Estonia 1990 - 2017

Broadband internet in Estonia 2001 - 2017

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2017

Mobile phones in Estonia 1990 - 2017

Spreading in 2017	Estonia Total	Estonia percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	1.16 m	88.10 %	413.04 m	80.64 %
Broadband users	404,682.00	30.72 %	175.69 m	34.30 %
Landlines	362,117.00	27.49 %	209.74 m	40.95 %
Mobile cellulars	1.90 m	144.56 %	628.26 m	122.66 %