Internet country code | .za |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 1,303,057 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 2 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 42.48 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 72% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | South Africa’s telecom sector boasts one of the most advanced infrastructures on the continent; the focus in recent years has been on back haul capacity and on fiber and LTE networks to extend and improve internet service connectivity; several satellite solutions also appeared in 2023, aimed at providing additional backhaul and improving connectivity in rural areas; the mobile sector has developed strongly in recent years, partly due to the poor availability and level of service of fixed-line networks, which meant that many people had no alternative to mobile networks for voice and data services (2024) |
Domestic | Fixed-line is 2 per 100 persons and mobile-cellular is 167 telephones per 100 persons (2022) |
International | Country code - 27; landing points for the WACS, ACE, SAFE, SAT-3, Equiano, SABR, SAEx1, SAEx2, IOX Cable System, METISS, EASSy, and SEACOM/ Tata TGN-Eurasia fiber-optic submarine cable systems connecting South Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Europe, Southeast Asia, Asia, South America, Indian Ocean Islands, and the US; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 2 Atlantic Ocean) (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 1.31 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 2 (2022 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 100.26 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 167 (2022 est.) |
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