Internet country code | .uk |
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
Total | 27,330,297 (2020 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 40 (2020 est.) |
Internet users | |
Total | 64.99 million (2021 est.) |
Percent of population | 97% (2021 est.) |
Telecommunication systems | |
General assessment | UK’s telecom market remains one of the largest in Europe, characterized by competition, affordable pricing, and its technologically advanced systems; mobile penetration above the EU average; government to invest in infrastructure and 5G technologies with ambition for a fully-fibered nation by 2033; operators expanded the reach of 5G services in 2020; super-fast broadband available to about 95% of customers; London is developing smart city technology, in collaboration with private, tech, and academic sectors (2021) |
Domestic | Fixed-line is 48 per 100 and mobile-cellular is 120 per 100 (2021) |
International | Country code - 44; Landing points for the GTT Atlantic, Scotland-Northern Ireland -1, & -2, Lanis 1,-2, &-3, Sirius North, BT-MT-1, SHEFA-2, BT Highlands and Islands Submarine Cable System, Northern Lights, FARICE-1, Celtic Norse, Tampnet Offshore FOC Network, England Cable, CC-2, E-LLan, Sirius South, ESAT -1 & -2, Rockabill, Geo-Eirgrid, UK-Netherlands-14, Circle North & South, Ulysses2, Conceto, Farland North, Pan European Crossing, Solas, Swansea-Bream, GTT Express, Tata TGN-Atlantic & -Western Europe, Apollo, EIG, Glo-1, TAT-14, Yellow, Celtic, FLAG Atlantic-1, FEA, Isle of Scilly Cable, UK-Channel Islands-8 and SeaMeWe-3 submarine cables providing links throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and US; satellite earth stations - 10 Intelsat (7 Atlantic Ocean and 3 Indian Ocean), 1 Inmarsat (Atlantic Ocean region), and 1 Eutelsat; at least 8 large international switching centers (2019) |
Telephones - fixed lines | |
Total subscriptions | 29.798 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 44 (2022 est.) |
Telephones - mobile cellular | |
Total subscriptions | 81.564 million (2022 est.) |
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 121 (2022 est.) |
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