India’s big leap in mobile internet speeds: Ookla shares new global ranking

India has taken a huge leap in its global ranking in median mobile internet download speeds, upped its rank by 26 spots in December as compared to its position in November, as per a new report. India also saw a marginal decrease in the ranking in overall median fixed broadband speeds.
India in 79th position: Ookla
Ookla released an update on the Speedtest Global Index for the month of December 2022. According to the report, India recorded 25.29Mbps median mobile download speeds in the month of December – which is better than 18.26Mbps in November 2022. With this increase, the country has now taken the 79th spot from 105th in November.
It is to be noted that 5G services in India were being rolled out since October, and December saw nearly 100 cities getting 5G services.

Ookla says that it collected data for the Global Index from the hundreds of millions of tests taken by people using Speedtest every month to test their Internet performance.
Fixed broadband speeds
Apart from ranking mobile download speeds, Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index also ranks fixed broadband speeds from around the world on a monthly basis.
As per the report, India decreased one spot in rank globally for overall median fixed broadband speeds and is now at 81st position from 80th in November. India’s performance in fixed median download speeds witnessed a slight increase from 49.11Mbps in November to 49.14Mbps in December.

According to the December Speedtest Global Index, Qatar leads the chart for global median mobile speeds. For fixed broadband download speeds, Singapore holds the top spot.
5G in India
Indian telecom operators Reliance Jio and Airtel have been rolling out their 5G services in the country since the launch of 5G in October. Nearly 200 cities in the country have already got access to the next-generation networks. Jio has announced it will provide 5G in all towns and talukas of the country by December this year.