Telecom Operators Register Lower Download Speed in January

Ookla, the company behind the Speedtest platform on Tuesday updated its Speedtest Global Index for January, 2021, with the data highlighting that India dropped two spots on the Speedtest Global Index for mobile. According to the data released by Ookla, India registered 12.41 Mbps and 4.76 Mbps average download and upload speeds respectively on mobile in January. The data highlights that the mobile download speeds recorded in India in January are lower as compared to the speeds recorded in the previous month.

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India Registers Lower Download, Upload Speeds on Mobile in January

Ookla highlights that India is now ranked 131 on the Speedtest Global Index for mobile in January. In the previous month, Ookla data highlights that India recorded average download and upload speeds of 12.91 Mbps and 4.97 Mbps respectively on mobile. In the six month period ending January, India registered its peak mobile download speed of 13.15 Mbps in November, 2020, and a peak upload speed of 4.97 Mbps in December, 2020.

The company highlights that the data for its Index “comes from the hundreds of millions of tests taken by real people using Speedtest every month.” The Speedtest Global Index for mobile compares internet speed data across 140 countries while the Speedtest Global Index for fixed broadband covers 175 countries.

Nine countries including Somalia, Uganda, Sudan, Zambia, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Palestine, Venezuela and Afghanistan registered lower download speeds on mobile than India in January.

The United Arab Emirates clinched the top spot on the Speedtest Global Index for mobile with an average download and upload speeds of 183.03 Mbps and 29.50 Mbps respectively. South Korea, Qatar, China and Saudi Arabia completed the top five spots on the Speedtest Global Index for mobile in January.