Introduction
How is the communication system in Gabon? Here, Broadcast media include state owns and operates 2 TV stations and 2 radio broadcast stations; a few private radio and TV stations; transmissions of at least 2 international broadcasters are accessible; satellite service subscriptions are available. What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Gabon
| Internet country code | .ga |
|---|---|
| Broadband - fixed subscriptions | |
| Total | 44,607 (2020 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 2 (2020 est.) |
| Internet users | |
| Total | 1.656 million (2021 est.) |
| Percent of population | 72% (2021 est.) |
| Telecommunication systems | |
| General assessment | The telecom market was liberalized in 1999 when the government awarded three mobile telephony licenses and two ISP licenses and established an independent regulatory authority; in contrast with the mobile market, Gabon’s fixed-line and internet sectors have remained underdeveloped due to a lack of competition and high prices; the country has sufficient international bandwidth on the SAT-3/WASC/SAFE submarine cable; the arrival of the ACE submarine cable, combined with progressing work on the CAB cable, has increased back haul capacity supporting mobile data traffic (2022) |
| Domestic | Fixed-line 1 per 100 subscriptions; mobile cellular subscriptions are 134 per 100 persons (2021) |
| International | Country code - 241; landing points for the SAT-3/WASC, ACE and Libreville-Port Gentil Cable fiber-optic submarine cable that provides connectivity to Europe and West Africa; satellite earth stations - 3 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2019) |
| Telephones - fixed lines | |
| Total subscriptions | 43,000 (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 2 (2022 est.) |
| Telephones - mobile cellular | |
| Total subscriptions | 2.995 million (2022 est.) |
| Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants | 125 (2022 est.) |
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