Internet country code | .by |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 3,255,552 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 35 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 8.352 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 87% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | the government of Belarus has successfully promoted the migration to an all-internet protocol (IP) platform as part of a wider effort towards a digital transformation for the economy; the state-supported infrastructure operator has built an extensive fiber network which reaches all but the smallest settlements in the country; Belarus has the second highest fiber usage rate in Europe, behind only Iceland; long-term evolution (LTE) coverage is almost universal, while considerable progress has also been made in developing 5G services; telcos have had to invest in network infrastructure while managing a significant fall in the value of the local currency (particularly against the euro and the US dollar) (2024) |
Domestic | Fixed-line tele density 44 per 100 fixed-line; mobile-cellular tele density 123 telephones per 100 persons (2022) |
International | Country code - 375; Belarus is landlocked and therefore a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); 3 fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations; almost 31,000 base stations in service in 2019 (2020) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 4.23 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 44 (2022 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 11.771 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 123 (2022 est.) |
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