A few days ago, a report came out that gives some relief to the central government’s plan to make the whole of India digital villages. According to the report of Ookla, a global internet speed test agency, India’s internet speed has recorded a huge improvement. According to the report, October was the fastest ever recorded in the country. But India is not even in the top 100 countries in terms of international internet speed. Another fact is that India is lagging behind the poor countries of the world.
UAE tops Ookla’s October 2022 mobile internet speed list The UAE was on the first position in the previous ranking as well. Average download speed in UAE is 138.82 Mbps and average upload speed is 21.02 Mbps. The global average download speed was recorded at 33.43 Mbps and upload speed was 9.05 Mbps.
According to the latest data for October, India is ranked 113th in terms of internet speed. Last month it was at 118th position. India was ranked 115th at this time last year. According to data at the end of October 2022, the world average fixed broadband speed is 72.40 Mbps download and 31.16 Mbps upload.
India ranks 79th in fixed broadband speed. But Kenya is lagging far behind in terms of development and ranks 97th in the list of mobile internet speed. The average internet speed in Kenya is 20.31 Mbps download and 9.70 Mbps upload. The average internet speed in Nigeria, which ranks 99th on the list, is 19.87 Mbps download and 9.29 Mbps upload.
According to TRAI data, only Jio network in India provides speed above 15 Mbps. But all other telecom companies provide speed below 10 Mbps. China is ranked 5th in the list of people who use the Internet the most. At the same time last year, China was ranked 11th.
Norway is second in the list. Internet speed in Norway is 129.81 Mbps. Qatar (126.03 Mbps), South Korea (125.17 Mbps), China (113.50 Mbps), Netherlands (109.45 Mbps) and Denmark (109.29 Mbps) are the countries with the fastest internet speeds. Haiti has the slowest internet speed. The average internet speed in Haiti, ranked 141st, is 3.77 Mbps.
English Summary: India improves global ranking for mobile internet speed