ISLAMABAD – According to the latest edition of Ookla’s Speedtest GlobalIndexlink,Pakistan has a better mobile broadband as compared to India despite therebeen concerns over the efforts to get people online in the country.Mobile Broadband
Pakistan has been ranked at 96th place for mobile internet, ahead of Indiawhich grabbed the 109th spot in the June’s edition of the global internetspeed test. It must be noted that Pakistan has dropped five places from theprevious month’s rankings, while India has improved its position by 4places.
Pakistan’s download speed of 14.03 Mbps was well below the global averageof 23.54 Mbps while India scored 9.12 Mbps. The average upload speed formobile broadband was recorded at 9.28 Mbps while Pakistan scored 8.58 Mbpsand India’s upload speed was recorded at 3.62 Mbps.Top 10
Qatar has snatched the first spot from Norway in the June’s edition ofglobal rankings.Rank Change in Rank Country Download Speed1 +1 Qatar 63.222 -1 Norway 62.143 +2 UAE 54.674 – Singapore 53.535 -2 Iceland 52.396 – Netherlands 51.837 +2 Canada 50.758 -1 Australia 50.529 -1 Hungary 48.8110 – Belgium 48.24
When it comes to fixed broadband, India is well ahead of the neighbours;ranked 62nd (up by 5 places from previous month) in the world out of 133countries as compared to Pakistan’s 122 (dropping 2 places).
The top position belonged to Singapore with a stupendous downloading speedof 180.57 Mbps as compared to the global average of 46.25 Mbps. The averageupload speed was 22.47 Mbps.
The download and upload speeds for Pakistan were 7.55 and 5.29 Mbpsrespectively compared to India’s 23.47 and 18.48 Mbps.