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.)
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Samoa is found in Polynesia