Telecommunication in Tonga

Compared to the European Union, Tonga is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +676, there were a total of 122,635 connections in 2017. Among them were 107,938 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.1 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Tonga is back. Around 41% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 3% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 5,367 webhosts, Tonga 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 Tonga 1990 - 2017

Broadband internet in Tonga 2002 - 2017

Landlines in the years 1990 - 2017

Mobile phones in Tonga 1990 - 2017

Spreading in 2017	Tonga Total	Tonga percent	EU Total	EU percent
Internet users	42,072.88	41.25 %	413.04 m	80.64 %
Broadband users	3,000.00	2.94 %	175.69 m	34.30 %
Landlines	14,697.00	14.41 %	209.74 m	40.95 %
Mobile cellulars	107,938.00	105.82 %	628.26 m	122.66 %