Telecommunication in Lithuania
The development of telecommunications in Lithuania is roughly equivalent to the average of the European Union. Under the country code +370, there were a total of 5.03 m connections in 2019. Among them were 4.66 m million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.7 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Lithuania is back. Around 82% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 28% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 1.21 m webhosts, Lithuania is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 129.36 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Lithuania ranked 29th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 119.55 Mbit/second (17th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 18th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Lithuania comes 34th with a download speed of 52.60 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 14 Mbit was enough for 56th place.
The "Speedtest Global Index" published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in Februar 2021 from 175 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 Lithuania from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Lithuania 2001 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Lithuania Total | Lithuania percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 2.27 m | 81.58 % | 382.31 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 791,826.00 | 28.41 % | 158.30 m | 35.37 % |
| Landlines | 368,213.00 | 13.21 % | 165.48 m | 36.98 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 4.66 m | 167.17 % | 542.60 m | 121.25 % |