Telecommunication on the Fijis
Compared to the European Union, the Fijis is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +679, there were a total of 1.11 m connections in 2019. Among them were 1.03 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, the Fijis is back. Around 50% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 1% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 21,739 webhosts, the Fijis is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 21.47 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, the Fijis ranked 127th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 10.11 Mbit/second was significantly lower (139th 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, the Fijis comes 74th with a download speed of 28.42 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 12 Mbit was enough for 81st 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 on the Fijis from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet on the Fijis 2005 - 2019
Landlines 1990 - 2019
Mobile phones 1990 - 2019
| Spreading in 2019 | Fiji Total | Fiji percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 444,677.48 | 49.97 % | 382.31 m | 85.43 % |
| Broadband users | 13,033.00 | 1.46 % | 158.30 m | 35.37 % |
| Landlines | 76,522.00 | 8.60 % | 165.48 m | 36.98 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 1.03 m | 116.18 % | 542.60 m | 121.25 % |