
Telecommunication in Montenegro
Compared to the United States, Montenegro is at the forefront of the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +382, there were a total of 1.31 million connections in 2021. Among them were 1.12 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.8 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 10,088 webhosts, Montenegro is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 487 of these, or about 5 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 57.85 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Montenegro ranks 68th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 5.9 Mbit/second was significantly lower (154th place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Montenegro comes 44th with a download speed of 44.55 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 13 Mbit was enough for 42nd 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 Montenegro from 2004 - 2021
Broadband internet in Montenegro 2005 - 2021

Landlines 2005 - 2021
Mobile phones 2004 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Montenegro Total | Montenegro percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 188,286.00 | 30.41 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 189,519.00 | 30.61 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 1.12 m | 180.89 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |