Introduction
How is the communication system in Gabon? Here, Broadcast media include state owns and operates 2 TV stations and 2 radio broadcast stations; a few private radio and TV stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible; satellite service subscriptions are available. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Gabon
Internet country code .ga
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 44,607 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 1.656 million (2021 est.)
Percent of population 72% (2021 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment The telecom market was liberalized in 1999 when the government awarded three mobile telephony licenses and two ISP licenses and established an independent regulatory authority; in contrast with the mobile market, Gabon’s fixed-line and internet sectors have remained underdeveloped due to a lack of competition and high prices; the country has sufficient international bandwidth on the SAT-3/WASC/SAFE submarine cable; the arrival of the ACE submarine cable, combined with progressing work on the CAB cable, has increased back haul capacity supporting mobile data traffic (2022)
Domestic Fixed-line 1 per 100 subscriptions; mobile cellular subscriptions are 134 per 100 persons (2021)
International Country code - 241; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, ACE and Libreville-Port Gentil Cable fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019)
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 43,000 (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2 (2022 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 2.995 million (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 125 (2022 est.)
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Gabon is found in Middle Africa