Telecommunication in Switzerland
The development of telecommunications in Switzerland is roughly equivalent to the average of the European Union. Under the country code +41, there were a total of 14.09 million connections in 2020. Among them were 11.02 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.With about 5.30 million webhosts, Switzerland is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 1.04 million million of these, or about 20 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 124.74 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Switzerland ranked 12th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 64.34 Mbit/second (25th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 5th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Switzerland comes 11th with a download speed of 81.59 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 20 Mbit was enough for 8th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in April 2022 from 181 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 Switzerland from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Switzerland 2000 - 2020
Switzerland is doing very well in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 94% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 47% 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. Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2020
| Distribution in 2020 | Switzerland Total | Switzerland percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 8.14 m | 94.20 % | 379.21 m | 84.74 % |
| Broadband users | 4.03 m | 46.64 % | 163.72 m | 36.59 % |
| Landlines | 3.07 m | 35.56 % | 160.15 m | 35.79 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 11.02 m | 127.57 % | 540.56 m | 120.80 % |
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