India slipped one place in Internet speed at 129th among 139 countries; Syria and Pakistan are also ahead of us
The country is looking for 5G for faster internet speed but India’s ranking in mobile and broadband internet speed has again deteriorated. Both of them have lost one place each. India ranks 129th out of 139 countries in mobile internet speed in Okla’s 2020 Global Internet Speedtest Index. At the same time, in terms of broadband speed, it has come at number 65 in 176 countries. Qatar has overtaken South Korea and the UAE in mobile internet speed to be number one. Thailand topped Hong Kong and Singapore in broadband speed.
Average mobile download speed in India
It is down by 4.4% to 12.91 Mbps. In November it was 13.5 Mbps. However, there has been a slight improvement in mobile upload speed in the country. It has increased by about 1.4% to 4.97 Mbps as against 4.90 Mbps in November.
Neighbors better than just Bangladesh
Mobile Internet speed in India is better than only Bangladesh in 6 major neighboring countries. At the same time, Pakistan has slipped 6 places to 114th in terms of mobile internet speed. Despite this, it is in a better position than its neighbors other than China.
Number of countries increased after changes in scale
The parameters used for ranking have been changed from 1 January 2019. According to this, it is necessary to have at least 300 mobile or broadband internet users in any country to be included in this ranking. Earlier, the number of mobile users was 670 and broadband internet users had to be at least 3333. The number of countries joining the rankings has increased after the new standards.
