Telecommunication in French Polynesia

Compared to the European Union, French Polynesia has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +689, there were a total of 347,962 connections in 2019. Among them were 287,839 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.0 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, French Polynesia is back. Around 73% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 21% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 37,949 webhosts, French Polynesia 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 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 French Polynesia from 1990 - 2019

Broadband internet in French Polynesia 2001 - 2019

Landlines 1990 - 2019

Mobile phones 1990 - 2019

Spreading in 2019	French Polynesia Total	French Polynesia percent	EU Total	EU percent
Broadband users	57,684.00	20.65 %	157.90 m	35.28 %
Landlines	60,123.00	21.53 %	166.16 m	37.13 %
Mobile cellulars	287,839.00	103.06 %	547.36 m	122.31 %