According to Ookla Speedtest Global Index, India ranks top in improving broadband download speeds in 2017 and has captured 2nd place in terms of showing the most improvement in mobile data speeds among the world’s most populous countries.
India’s broadband speeds have seen a major jump with the average speed improving by 76.9%, pushing China and the United States to second and third position respectively. India’s mobile data download speeds also improved by 42.4% at 8.80 Mbps speed on average and the mobile data download speeds in Pakistan improved the most with over 56% compared to other countries.
The Ookla Speedtest Global Index also revealed that the world’s internet speed has increased more than 30% in 2017 with an average global speed of 20.28 Mbps, mobile downloads increased 30.1% over the last 12 months and mobile uploads increased 38.9%. The Speedtest Global Index compares internet speed data from across the world monthly and the 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.
November Speedtest Global Index ranked India on 109th position in the mobile internet speed and 76th position for fixed broadband speed, globally.
Doug Suttles, Co-Founder and General Manager at Ookla said:
Mobile and broadband internet speeds in India have certainly evolved in last couple of years. India still has a long way to go to catch up with countries that have top speeds around the world, however, we at Ookla are highly optimistic about the capacity for growth that is available in the Indian market.