Telecommunication in San Marino

Compared to the European Union, San Marino has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +378, there were a total of 52,570.00 connections in 2016. Among them were 36,570.00 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.1 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

The expansion of the broadband Internet in San Marino is roughly equal to the EU average. Around 50% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 36% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 11,015.00 webhosts, San Marino is below the world's average by population.

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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different 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 subscription.

Spread of internet connections in San Marino 1990 - 2011

Broadband internet in San Marino 2003 - 2016

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2016

Mobile phones in San Marino 1990 - 2016

Spreading in 2016	San Marino Total	San Marino percent	EU Total	EU percent
Broadband users	12,000.00	36.14 %	169.43 m	33.13 %
Landlines	16,000.00	48.19 %	211.93 m	41.44 %
Mobile cellulars	36,570.00	110.14 %	630.13 m	123.23 %