Ookla Speedtest Global Index: Fixed broadband speeds improved in India, mobile speeds remained steady in January 2020

 

UAE topped the mobile download speeds chart with 87.01 Mbps, Singapore lead the world on fixed broadband download with 202.21 Mbps 

New Delhi, February 20, 2020: Ookla®, the company behind Speedtest®, recently released updates to its Speedtest Global Index.

As of January, the Index ranks India 128^th for mobile broadband and 66^th for fixed broadband, globally. India’s performance in mean download speeds on fixed broadband has gone down from 40.11 Mbps in December 2019 to 38.84 in January 2020. However, there is a slight improvement in mean download speeds on mobile broadband from those of December 2019. Mean download speeds on mobile broadband have gone up from 11.46 Mbps to 11.58 Mbps in January 2020.  In addition, India moved up a spot on fixed broadband since December 2019, but there was no movement when it came to mobile broadband ranking.  

The January Global Speedtest Index has UAE on first position on mobile broadband with an mean download speed of 87.01 Mbps. Singapore still holds the top spot for fixed broadband with a significant increase in mean download speeds at 202.21 Mbps.

As per the recent report by Ookla examining trends in Indian telecom market, India is the leader in mean download speeds on fixed broadband amongst neighboring countries. The report highlights that with Reliance Jio’s rollout of its new GigaFiber service in India, the fixed broadband speeds will continue to increase country-wide.

Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index compares internet speed data from around the world each month. Data for the Index comes from the hundreds of millions of tests taken by real people using Speedtest every month to test their internet speed. 

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