Reliance Jio has beaten its competitors Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to get ahead in providing 4G+ to most locations of India. The telco has the widest reach when it comes to network coverage and has contributed majorly in bridging the digital gap in India. I recently interviewed Doug Suttles, CEO and Co-Founder of Ookla, and he shared... Read More
Indian telecom operators have been working non-stop during the pandemic to ensure that users stay connected with their loved ones and colleagues without any interruptions. This is evident looking at the Ookla June Speedtest Global Index report. India has continuously been improving the average download speed that it offers to users, be it with a mobile internet connection or a fixed broadband connection. As per the Ookla report, Indians got... Read More
GIGAnet from Vi, which is Kerela's largest 4G telecom network was recently revealed to be the fastest 4G network both in Kerala and across India for three consecutive quarters, as per data by Ookla, the global leader in mobile testing applications, data and analysis. In contrast to other operators, Vi has delivered the fastest 4G speeds during July 2020-March 2021 quarters, making the telco the only operator capable of delivering... Read More
5G is one of the most hotly demanded technologies to have been released in recent times. It seems everyone wants to get onto the 5G bandwagon, be it companies with 5G devices or users who want better speeds. In relation to this, it has always been known that 5G is divided into two kinds, mmWave and sub-6 GHz 5G, with the former being faster than the latter. Recently, the reality... Read More
Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been recognised as the fastest 4G network in the state of Assam. It is worth noting that the telco has bagged the title twice now in straight consecutive quarters. For the unaware, Ookla is a global leader in testing broadband and mobile networks. According to Ookla, Vi delivered the fastest 4G download and upload speeds in Assam for two straight quarters. For the last six months... Read More
Ookla today released a new report highlighting India's performance in the last quarter of 2020. The latest Q4 2020 report from Ookla says Reliance JioFiber achieved the highest average speeds on wired broadband, whereas Vodafone Idea is leading the mobile internet speeds chart. The network performance measuring firm also says India has seen strong internet speed increases during the whole of 2020. Indian telcos and broadband operators continue to invest... Read More
5G launch is right around the corner, according to Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. While we are not expecting 5G to go official in India at least by mid-2022, telcos are testing their indigenous technology internally. Last year, Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio said it would launch 5G by mid-2021, whereas Bharti Airtel in January said its network is 5G ready. Both the telcos will launch 5G as soon as the... Read More
Mobile internet speed dropped for India, while the broadband internet speed saw a rise in January 2021. The analytics shared by Ookla in its report suggests that India stands at the 131st position globally in terms of providing mobile Internet speeds, dropping two ranks down from its 129th position in December 2020. At the same time, it stands at the 65th position globally when it comes to fixed broadband downloading... Read More
For the second consecutive quarter, GIGAnet by Vodafone Idea (Vi) has been recognised as the fastest 4G network all over India by Ookla. Vi managed to deliver the fastest 4G speeds amongst all the operators in the October to December 2020 quarter. It further made Vi the only operator in the country to consistently deliver the fastest 4G speeds straight for six months on a pan-India basis. For the unaware,... Read More
India has climbed two spots in the Speedtest Global Index for mobile while the country has maintained its position in the fixed broadband space for the month of July. Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest platform on Tuesday released the Speedtest Global Index for the month of July. The United Arab Emirates topped the charts in the mobile segment while Singapore retained its position at the top in the fixed... Read More
5G is the future of telecom industry all over the world. Every country is pushing to develop 5G infrastructure in their land and provide 5G solutions to their people as fast as possible. Ookla reported on Tuesday that over 150 new commercially available 5G deployments have been added to the 5G map. This development from Ookla comes after one of the biggest 5G deployments took place back in July when... Read More
Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest platform on Monday said that the mean download speeds on both fixed broadband and mobile increased during the week of June 29. The company said that the mean download speed on fixed broadband in India touched 40.05 Mbps in the week of June 29 to July 5. The data highlights that India registered a 3.78% increase in the mean download speed on fixed broadband... Read More
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Difficult to believe.
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