Telecommunication in Papua New Guinea
Compared to the European Union, Papua New Guinea is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +675, there were a total of 3.94 million connections in 2016. Among them were 3.78 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.47 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Papua New Guinea is back. Around 10% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 0% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 5,006.00 webhosts, Papua New Guinea 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 different 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 subscription.Spread of internet connections in Papua New Guinea 1990 - 2016
Broadband internet in Papua New Guinea 2008 - 2016
Landlines in the years 1990 - 2016
Mobile phones in Papua New Guinea 1990 - 2016
| Spreading in 2016 | Papua New Guinea Total |
Papua New Guinea percent |
EU Total |
EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 776,283.52 | 9.60 % | 413.91 m | 80.94 % |
| Broadband users | 17,000.00 | 0.21 % | 169.43 m | 33.13 % |
| Landlines | 154,000.00 | 1.90 % | 211.93 m | 41.44 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 3.78 m | 46.78 % | 630.13 m | 123.23 % |