Telecommunication in Samoa
Compared to the United States, Samoa is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +685, there were a total of 75,000 connections in 2020. Among them were 69,000 mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.35 per person. In the US, , this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 18,013 webhosts, Samoa is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 102 million of these, or about 1 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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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 Samoa from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Samoa 2004 - 2020
Samoa is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 34% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 1% 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. Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2020
| Distribution in 2020 | Samoa Total | Samoa percent | USA Total | USA percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadband users | 1,692.00 | 0.85 % | 121.18 m | 36.55 % |
| Landlines | 6,000.00 | 3.02 % | 101.53 m | 30.63 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 69,000.00 | 34.78 % | 351.48 m | 106.03 % |
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