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 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.