
Telecommunication in Moldova
The development of telecommunications in Moldova is roughly equivalent to the United States. Under the country code +373, there were a total of 4.90 million connections in 2021. Among them were 3.90 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.5 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 711,564 webhosts, Moldova is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 14,705 of these, or about 2 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 105.01 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Moldova ranks 27th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 93.99 Mbit/second (18th place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Moldova comes 63rd with a download speed of 33.21 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 10 Mbit was only enough for 77th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 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 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the internet in Moldova from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Moldova 2001 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Moldova Total | Moldova percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 762,333.00 | 29.15 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 1.00 m | 38.25 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 3.90 m | 149.14 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |