Baku: Azerbaijan has experienced a substantial increase in its volume of international internet channels, with the per-user capacity rising significantly from 311.5 kbit/s in 2023 to 863.1 kbit/s in 2024, marking a 2.8-fold increase.
According to Azeri-Press News Agency, this surge is based on calculations derived from data provided by the State Statistical Committee.
In terms of total volume, international internet channels expanded from 3,807.5 Gbit/s in 2023 to 8,020.6 Gbit/s in 2024, reflecting a 2.1-fold increase. The number of active mobile broadband internet subscribers also saw an uptick, climbing by 14.3% from 8 million in 2023 to 9.2 million in 2024. Moreover, the number of mobile internet subscribers per 100 people rose from 86.7 in 2023 to 90.4 in 2024.
Fixed broadband internet subscriptions grew from 1.97 million in 2023 to 2.32 million in 2024, indicating a year-over-year growth of 17.8%. The data also revealed an increase in subscribers across different speed categories. Users subscribing to speeds between 10 Mbit/s and 100 Mbit/s rose slightly from 829.3 thousand in 2023 to 843.6 thousand in 2024. More notably, the number of subscribers using speeds of 100 Mbit/s and above saw a dramatic rise from 224.1 thousand in 2023 to 943.4 thousand in 2024, which represents a 4.2-fold increase.