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 13.93 m connections in 2019. Among them were 10.83 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 Switzerland is very well in the race. Around 93% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 47% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 5.30 m webhosts, Switzerland is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 183.88 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Switzerland ranked 11th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 120.70 Mbit/second (16th 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, Switzerland comes 12th with a download speed of 92.23 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 23 Mbit was only enough for 4th 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 Switzerland from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Switzerland 2000 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Switzerland Total | Switzerland percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 7.99 m | 93.15 % | 382.31 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 4.03 m | 46.99 % | 158.30 m | 35.37 % |
| Landlines | 3.10 m | 36.18 % | 165.48 m | 36.98 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 10.83 m | 126.29 % | 542.60 m | 121.25 % |