Telecommunication on the Fijis

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 13.35 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, the Fijis ranked 135th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 7.5 Mbit/second (135th place).
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, the Fijis comes 87th with a download speed of 22.28 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 10 Mbit was enough for 67th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in July 2022 from 182 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 - 2020

The Fijis is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 50% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 3% 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.