India ranks 67th in fixed broadband speed, up from 76th position last year: Ookla

India moves up in offering fixed broadband services.

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Global internet testing and data firm Ookla has released updates to its Speedtest Global Index. As of February, the Index ranks India 67th for fixed broadband speeds and 109th for mobile internet speeds, globally. In absolute terms, India's performance in fixed broadband download speeds has gone up from average speeds of 18.82 Mbps in November 2017 to 20.72 Mbps in February 2018, marking significant improvement since last quarter.

 
India ranks 67th in fixed broadband speed: Ookla

India has also shown significant improvement in terms of its fixed broadband download speed rank, where it is now placed 67th vis-à-vis 76th last year. While India's rank in terms of mobile internet download speed remains same at 109th but average download speeds have risen to 9.01 Mbps in February from 8.80 Mbps in November last year.

 

As per Ookla's announcement at the end of 2017, India had reported most improvement in fixed broadband download speeds among the world's most populous countries. The country captured the second slot in terms of showing most improvement in mobile data speeds.

The February Speedtest Global Index shows Norway at pole position in the world for mobile internet with an average download speed of 62.07 Mbps. Singapore takes the top spot for fixed broadband with a 161.53 Mbps average download.

The internet is the vehicle that most of us use to connect with the world every day. As internet speeds improve in India and consumers take advantage of the opportunities these speeds present, it only stands to reason that increased demand will lead to innovation across mediums that also open up new ways to create and connect with each other.

Ookla's Speedtest Global Index compares internet speed data from around the world monthly. Data for the Index comes from the hundreds of millions of tests taken by real people using Speedtest every month. It has 7,021 servers globally, out of which 439 Speedtest servers are present in India.

Earlier, Ookla ranked Chennai as the fastest fixed broadband speeds of the 20 largest cities in India. Chennai's download speed of over 32.67 Mbps for fixed broadband is 57.7% faster than the rest of the country's average. Analysis is based on February 2018 data from real consumer-initiated tests taken using Speedtest. The full analysis, entitled "India's Digital Divide: How Broadband Speed Splits the Nation", is available at the following URL:http://www.speedtest.net/.

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Besides Chennai, fixed broadband speeds of some other metros like Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam also scored higher than the country's average of 20.72 Mbps. Bengaluru which follows Chennai in terms of fixed broadband speed reported average speeds of 27.2 mbps, while Delhi ranked 5th with average speeds of 18.16 mbps. Mumbai ranked lowest among the four big metros with an overall ranking of 8, with fixed broadband speeds averaging 12.06 mbps.

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