Telecommunication in Russia

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 74.09 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Russia ranked 52nd in an international comparison. The upload rate was 80.55 Mbit/second (22nd place).
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Russia comes 92nd with a download speed of 21.27 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 8 Mbit was only enough for 115th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in October 2022 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 Russia from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Russia 2002 - 2020

Russia is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 85% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 24% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the Internet via mobile communications.