Telecommunications in Brunei

Communications in Brunei

Telecommunications

Telephones

Telephone service throughout Brunei is excellent. International service is good to Europe, US and East Asia

• Main lines in use: 79,200 (2007)
• Mobile phones: 339,800 (2007)
• Mobile Subscribers: 177,300 (2003E)
• Satellite earth stations: 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean).
• Digital submarine cable links to Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines.

Radio

• Broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 2 (transmitting on 18 different frequencies), shortwave 0 (2006)

Television

• Broadcast stations: 4 (including 2 UHF stations broadcasting a subscription service) (2006)

Internet

• Internet Service Providers: 2 (2003), Brunet (part of Jabatan Telekom Brunei) and Simpurnet of DSTCom
• Country code: .bn
• Internet hosts: 14,950 (2008)
• Internet users: 199,532 (2007)

Broadband access

Brunei's internet service is monopolized by a recently incorporated company TelBru under their "Brunet" department. ADSL speeds range from 512 kbit/s to the maximum speed of 1 Mbit/s through ADSL broadband. 1 Mbit/s was only recently introduced in 2006 and priced at BND$128 per month (Equivalent to Singapore currency). It is known that the Brunei's broadband ranging from 512 kbit/s to 1 Mbit/s is one the most expensive in the world. The limited market in Brunei means that development in the telecommunications sector is stagnant. Currently only about 11000 users out of a population of 380,000 have any connection to the Internet. More and more^[quantify] users are subscribing to 3G Mobile services. Broadband coverage has spanned the whole of Brunei since the release of "E-Speed 2".

Pricing of ADSL service in Brunei

See also

• Brunei

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the CIA World Factbook.

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