India’s fixed broadband speed improves: Ookla

broadband-in-uk-and-technologyFixed broadband download speed in India has gone up from average speeds of 18.82 Mbps in November 2017 to 20.72 Mbps in February 2018, according to Ookla’s its Speedtest report.

India has shown significant improvement in fixed broadband download speed rank — placed 67 vs 76 last year.

While India’s rank in terms of mobile internet download speed remains same at 109 but average download speeds have risen to 9.01 Mbps in February from 8.80 Mbps in November last year.

The internet testing and data provider said India ranked 67 for fixed broadband speeds and 109 for mobile internet speeds as of February, globally.

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.

Ookla’s Speedtest uses data from millions of tests taken by people using Speedtest every month. It has 7,021 servers globally including 439 Speedtest servers in India.