Seychelles Communications - 2024

Telephones - fixed lines

total subscriptions: 19,027 (2022 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2022 est.)

Telephones - mobile cellular

total subscriptions: 205,140 (2022 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 192 (2022 est.)

Telecommunication systems

general assessment: effective system; direct international calls to over 100 countries; radiotelephone communications between islands in the archipelago; 3 ISPs; use of Internet cafes' for access to Internet; 4G services and 5G pending (2020)

domestic: fixed-line  is 18 per 100 and mobile-cellular teledensity is 173 telephones per 100 persons (2021)

international: country code - 248; landing points for the PEACE and the SEAS submarine cables providing connectivity to Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia; direct radiotelephone communications with adjacent island countries and African coastal countries; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Indian Ocean) (2019)

Broadcast media

the national broadcaster, Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), which is funded by taxpayer money, operates the only terrestrial TV station, which provides local programming and airs broadcasts from international services; a privately owned Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) channel also provides local programming multi-channel cable and satellite TV are available through 2 providers; the national broadcaster operates 1 AM and 1 FM radio station; there are 2 privately operated radio stations; transmissions of 2 international broadcasters are accessible in Victoria

(2019)

Internet country code

.sc

Internet users

total: 90,200 (2021 est.)

percent of population: 82% (2021 est.)

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

total: 34,966 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36 (2020 est.)