As at the end of 2023, there were two fixed-line telephone service providers, three mobile cellular service providers and eleven operational internet service providers.
International Bandwidth Usage includes all international links used by the various types of operators, comprising fixed, mobile and satellite operators.
International Bandwidth Usage in 2023 was 273,646 Megabits per second (Mbit/s) compared to 235,682 Mbit/s in 2022. The usage per inhabitant moved up by 16.2% from 186,872 bits per second in 2022 to 217,114 bits per second in 2023.
The volume of internet downloads increased by 3.7% from 786,584 terabytes in 2022 to 815,639 terabytes in 2023. During the same period, the volume of internet uploads went down by 6.2% from 82,742 terabytes to 77,613 terabytes.
The number of fixed telephone lines went up by 0.4% from 462,100 in 2022 to 463,800 in 2023. This rise was reflected in the number of fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants which rose by 0.5% moving from 36.6 in 2022 to 36.8 in 2023.
The population covered by mobile cellular telephony comprises the number of inhabitants who live within areas covered by a mobile cellular network, irrespective of whether they subscribe to the service. The percentage of 99% of the population that was covered by mobile cellular telephony in previous years remained constant in 2023.
