Terrestrial mobile network infrastructures

It was decided to collect information on the coverage rate of mobile networks in order to ascertain the extent of the terrestrial mobile network infrastructure. The coverage rate can be expressed in relation to two different bases. Geographic coverage rate is the ratio of the area served by a network and the total surface area of a country or a given region (Table IM1A). The population coverage rate is the ratio of the population served by a network to the total population of a country or a given region (Table IM1B).

Coverage rates as of 31.12, as % of the national surface area (Table IM1A )

Year	GSM network	UMTS network	LTE network	5G network
2017	88	86	80	a)
2018	88	86	87	a)
2019	88	86	88	56
2020	88	86	88	74
2021	87	91	97	74
2022	86	91	98	92

a) This information was not collected before 2019.

Coverage rates, as % of the national surface area

Coverage rates as of 31.12, as % of the population (Table IM1B)

Year	GSM network	UMTS network	LTE network	5G network
2017	100	100	99	a)
2018	100	100	100	a)
2019	100	100	100	92
2020	100	100	100	97
2021	98	100	100	100
2022	98	100	100	100

a) This information was not collected before 2019.

Coverage rates, as % of the population

Facts and figures

Terrestrial mobile network infrastructures (XLSX, 501 kB, 25.03.2024)

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