Ookla, a network testing firm, recently released updates to its Speedtest Global Index for the month of June. The internet speeds in India continue to witness an upward trend taking the country to 70th (+3) and 122nd (+6) position in the Global internet speed ranking based on fixed broadband and mobile download speeds, respectively in the month of June 2021.

According to the latest Speedtest Global Index published by Ookla, India has moved up the global ranking index for the third time in the row for mobile internet speeds and has shown consistent improvements in overall mobile download speeds over the last 2 months. Whereas, for the fixed broadband internet speeds, after witnessing a small dip in May, overall fixed download speeds in India during June are the highest they’ve been on the Global Index at 58.17 Mbps.

According to the June Speedtest Global Index, the average download speed for mobile in India was 17.84 mbps as compared to 15.34 mbps in the previous month. India also fared well in the fixed broadband internet speeds with the average download speed of 58.17 mbps vis-à-vis 55.65 mbps in May 2021.

UAE is on the top of the charts with an average mobile internet download speed of 193.51 mbps, followed by South Korea at 180.48 mbps. Compared to other countries in the subcontinent, Oman recorded the highest gain of 26 places when it comes to mobile internet speed vis-à-vis last month, bringing the country to 15th spot in the global ranking.

Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index compares internet speed data from around the world each month. Data for the Index comes from the hundreds of millions of tests taken by real people using Speedtest every month to test their internet speed. Ookla is closely monitoring the performance of internet networks across globe and adding regular updates here https://www.speedtest.net/global-index.