Introduction
How is the communication system in Belarus? Here, Broadcast media include 7 state-controlled national TV channels; Polish and Russian TV broadcasts are available in some areas; state-run Belarusian Radio operates 5 national networks and an external service; Russian and Polish radio broadcasts are available (2019). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Belarus
| Internet country code | .by |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 3,255,552 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 35 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 8.352 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 87% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | The Government of Belarus has successfully promoted the migration to an all-IP platform as part of a wider effort towards a digital transformation for the economy; the state-supported infrastructure operator beCloud has built an extensive fiber network, which reaches all but the smallest settlements in the country; Belarus has the second-highest fiber subscription rate in Europe, behind only Iceland; LTE coverage is almost universal, while considerable progress has also been made in developing 5G services (2021) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line teledensity is improving although rural areas continue to be underserved, approximately 45 per 100 fixed-line; mobile-cellular teledensity now roughly 123 telephones per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 375; Belarus is landlocked and therefore a member of the Trans-European Line (TEL), Trans-Asia-Europe (TAE) fiber-optic line, and has access to the Trans-Siberia Line (TSL); 3 fiber-optic segments provide connectivity to Latvia, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine; worldwide service is available to Belarus through this infrastructure; additional analog lines to Russia; Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik earth stations; almost 31,000 base stations in service in 2019 (2020) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 4.23 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 44 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 11.771 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 123 (2022 est.) |
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