Introduction
How is the communication system in Samoa? Here, Broadcast media include state-owned TV station privatized in 2008; 4 privately owned television broadcast stations; about a half-dozen privately owned radio stations and one state-owned radio station; TV and radio broadcasts of several stations from American Samoa are available (2019). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Samoa
| Internet country code | .ws |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 1,692 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 1 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 171,600 (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 78% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | Samoa was one of the first Pacific Island countries to establish a regulatory infrastructure and to liberalize its telecom market; the advent of competition in the mobile market saw prices fall by around 50% and network coverage increase to more than 90% of the population; Samoa also boasts one of the highest rates of mobile phone coverage in the Pacific region; the growth of fixed-line internet has been impeded by factors including the high costs for bandwidth, under investment in fixed-line infrastructure; Samoa’s telecoms sector has been inhibited by a lack of international connectivity; Samoa has had access to the Samoa-America-Samoa (SAS) cable laid in 2009, this cable has insufficient capacity to meet the country’s future bandwidth needs; this issue was addressed with two new submarine cables that became available in 2018 and 2019; combined with the Samoa National Broadband Highway (SNBH), have improved internet data rates and reliability, and have helped to reduce the high costs previously associated with internet access in Samoa; in April 2022, the Samoan government announced its decision to take over control of the Samoa Submarine Cable Company, looking to the cable to generate additional revenue for the state (2022) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line is 3 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity 32 telephones per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 685; landing points for the Tui-Samo, Manatua, SAS, and Southern Cross NEXT submarine cables providing connectivity to Samoa, Fiji, Wallis & Futuna, Cook Islands, Niue, French Polynesia, American Samoa, Australia, New Zealand, Kiribati, Los Angeles (US), and Tokelau; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Pacific Ocean) (2019) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 5,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 2 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 134,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 60 (2022 est.) |
All Important Facts about Samoa
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