Telecommunication in Romania
Compared to the European Union, Romania has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +40, there were a total of 26.05 m connections in 2019. Among them were 22.67 m million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.2 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Romania is back. Around 74% 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 2.67 m webhosts, Romania is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 213.36 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Romania ranked 6th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 169.08 Mbit/second (5th 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, Romania comes 39th with a download speed of 57.01 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 14 Mbit was enough for 46th 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 Romania from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Romania 2001 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Romania Total | Romania percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 14.27 m | 73.66 % | 382.04 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 5.28 m | 27.24 % | 158.30 m | 35.40 % |
| Landlines | 3.38 m | 17.45 % | 165.48 m | 37.00 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 22.67 m | 117.03 % | 542.60 m | 121.33 % |