Telecommunication in Poland
Compared to the European Union, Poland has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +48, there were a total of 55.22 m connections in 2019. Among them were 48.39 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, Poland is back. Around 85% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 20% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 13.27 m webhosts, Poland is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 123.42 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Poland ranked 31st in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 42.35 Mbit/second was significantly lower (46th 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, Poland comes 46th with a download speed of 45.03 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 10 Mbit was enough for 103rd 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 Poland from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Poland 2001 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Poland Total | Poland percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 32.09 m | 84.52 % | 382.31 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 7.78 m | 20.50 % | 158.30 m | 35.37 % |
| Landlines | 6.82 m | 17.97 % | 165.48 m | 36.98 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 48.39 m | 127.45 % | 542.60 m | 121.25 % |