India jumps 4 spots global ranking for median mobile speeds: Ookla

India increased four spots in rank globally for median mobile speeds, jumping from 64th rank in March to 60th in April. India has also shown improvement in rank globally for overall median fixed broadband speeds, jumping from the 84th spot in March to the 83rd spot in April.

Ookla, the global provider of network intelligence and connectivity insights, today released an update on the Speedtest Global Index for the month of April 2023.

According to the data, in the month of April, India jumped four spots in rank globally for median mobile speeds, moving up from 64th position in March to 60th position in April. Overall, India has shown improvement in its global ranking for median fixed broadband speeds, moving from the 84th spot in March to the 83rd spot in April.

Ookla also recorded progress with a 36.35 Mbps median mobile download speed in April, which is better than the 33.30 Mbps speed in March. The overall fixed median download speed in India saw a slight increase from 50.71 Mbps in March to 51.12 Mbps in April.

According to the April Speedtest Global Index, Senegal registered the highest increase in rank and gained 16 spots globally, with Qatar ranked #1 for overall global median mobile speeds. For overall global fixed median speeds, Bahrain registered the highest increase in rank, jumping by 14 spots globally, with Singapore sustaining its rank #1 this month as well in overall global fixed median speeds.

Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index ranks mobile and fixed broadband speeds around the world on a monthly basis. The data for the Global Index comes from the hundreds of millions of tests taken by real people using Speedtest every month to test their Internet performance.