ISLAMABAD – Pakistan was placed ahead of fellow neighbours India andBangladesh, as it secured the 112th spot in mobile broadband speed forSeptember 2019, according to a report by broadband speed analysis firmOokla.
Ookla in its latest reportlink ‘ExploringRecent Trends in the India Telecom Market’ found Pakistan’s mobile netspeed among the fastest in South Asia, with mobile download speed of 14.38Mbps. Meanwhile, neighboring country India was placed on 128th spot withmobile download speed of 11.18 Mbps for September.
“Mobile download speeds were relatively flat in India, fluctuating between10.63 Mbps and 11.18 Mbps during Q2-Q3 2019. Regionally, India’s mobileperformance is marginally faster than Bangladesh’s, which saw averagespeeds max out at 10.43 Mbps, and somewhat slower than Pakistan’s topspeeds of 15.55 Mbps,” read the report.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka led the South Asian countries at 81st spot in mobilenetwork with a download speed of 22.53 mbps and upload speed of 10.59 mbps.
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However, although India lagged in mobile net speed, it made up for it inthe fixed broadband download with the speed of 34.07 Mbps in September, farhigher than as compared to Pakistan and Bangladesh in the second and thethird quarter of 2019.
“Mean fixed broadband download speeds in India rose 16.5pc during Q2-Q32019 and topped 34.07 Mbps in September. Compared to Bangladesh, which sawa similar rate of improvement but lower speeds at 24.02 Mbps, and Pakistan,where speeds stayed relatively flat between 8.54 and 9.14 Mbps, India isthe regional leader in mean download speed,” stated the report.
