Telecommunication in Palau

Compared to the European Union, Palau is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +680, there were a total of 30,947 connections in 2019. Among them were 23,743 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, Palau is back. Around 27% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 7% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 4 webhosts, Palau 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 Palau from 1990 - 2004

Broadband internet in Palau 2004 - 2019

Landlines 2002 - 2019

Mobile phones 2002 - 2019

Spreading in 2019	Palau Total	Palau percent	EU Total	EU percent
Broadband users	1,224.00	6.80 %	157.90 m	35.28 %
Landlines	7,204.00	40.00 %	166.16 m	37.13 %
Mobile cellulars	23,743.00	131.85 %	547.36 m	122.31 %