Telecommunication in Moldova

The development of telecommunications in Moldova is roughly equivalent to the average of the European Union. Under the country code +373, there were a total of 4.45 m connections in 2020. Among them were 3.42 m million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.3 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Moldova is back. Around 76% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 27% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 711,564 webhosts, Moldova is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 123.10 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Moldova ranked 36th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 98.79 Mbit/second (22nd 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, Moldova comes 60th with a download speed of 40.41 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 12 Mbit was enough for 77th 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 Moldova from 1990 - 2019

Broadband internet in Moldova 2001 - 2020

Landlines 1990 - 2020

Mobile phones 1990 - 2020

Distribution in 2020	Moldova Total	Moldova percent	EU Total	EU percent
Broadband users	719,001.00	27.47 %	162.67 m	36.33 %
Landlines	1.03 m	39.26 %	159.99 m	35.73 %
Mobile cellulars	3.42 m	130.66 %	541.96 m	121.03 %