Internet country code | .cy |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 332,080 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 37 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 809,900 (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 91% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | Cyprus suffered from the effects of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, when the tourism sector was essentially closed; during 2022, there were adverse effects caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has resulted in a dramatic drop in the number of Russian tourists entering the country; the mobile market is served by four mobile network operators; the number of mobile subscribers fell in 2020, largely the result of subscribers scaling back on multiple SIM cards as an economic measure; the broadband market continues to develop steadily, providing the country with one of the highest broadband penetration rates in the region; DSL remains the dominant access platform, accounting for about two-thirds of fixed broadband connections; although fiber infrastructure in Cyprus is minimal (supported by the government and regulator) to extend an FttP service to about 200,000 premises; as a result, the number of DSL subscribers is set to fall steadily in coming years as customers are migrated to the fiber platform (2023) |
Domestic | Fixed-line about 34 per 100 and about 149 per 100 for mobile-cellular teledensity (2021) |
International | Country code - 357 (area administered by Turkish Cypriots uses the country code of Turkey - 90); a number of submarine cables, including the SEA-ME-WE-3, CADMOS, MedNautilus Submarine System, POSEIDON, TE North/TGN-Eurasia/SEACOM/Alexandros/Medes, UGARIT, Aphrodite2, Hawk, Lev Submarine System, and Tamares combine to provide connectivity to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Southeast Asia; Turcyos-1 and Turcyos-2 submarine cable in Turkish North Cyprus link to Turkey; tropospheric scatter; satellite earth stations - 8 (3 Intelsat - 1 Atlantic Ocean and 2 Indian Ocean, 2 Eutelsat, 2 Intersputnik, and 1 Arabsat) (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 297,000 (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 34 (2021 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 1.392 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 149 (2021 est.) |
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