NEW DELHI – India ranked behind its neighbours Sri Lanka, Pakistan andNepal at 128th spot in mobile broadbandlink forSeptember 2019, according to a report by broadband speed analysis firmOokla.

The country, however, was far ahead of its South Asian neighbours at 72ndplace in fixed-line broadband speed during the reported month.

Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index found global average download speed of 29.5megabit per second and upload speed of 11.34 mbps. South Korea topped theglobal chart with download speed of 95.11 mbps and upload speed of 17.55mbps in mobile network. It found download speed of 11.18 mbps and uploadspeed of 4.38 mbps in India.

“Airtel was the fastest mobile operator in 11 of India’s largest cities andtied with Jio in a 12th during second and third quarters 2019. Airtel’shighest Speed Score was measured in Nagpur. Vodafone was the fastest mobileoperator in two cities and Idea in one,” the report said for India.

Sri Lanka led the South Asian countries at 81st spot in mobile network witha download speed of 22.53 mbps and upload speed of 10.59 mbps. Pakistan wasranked 112th with a download speed of 14.38 mbps and upload speed of 10.32mbps. Nepal was ranked 119th.

While India lagged in download, the 4G networklink in thecountry was far higher at 87.9 per cent compared to Pakistan and Bangladeshwith 58.9 and 58.7 per cent 4G availability in the second and the thirdquarter of 2019.