Opinion | Broadband enters faster lane, but mobile internet struggles to keep pace in 2019

Fast internet connections are a prerequisite for a fast-growing economy, and India is no exception. As we look back at 2019, there are several notable takeaways from the Indian telecom market that we see in our data, based on real-time network intelligence from consumers using Speedtest.

Broadband speeds are improving

Introduction of new fibre-to-the-home services helped improve average fixed broadband download speeds in India, which rose by 16.5% during Q2-Q3 2019 and reached an average of 34.07 mbps in September.

During the same time, Bangladesh saw a similar rate of improvement, but a lower September average download speed of 24.02 mbps. In Pakistan, average download speed stayed relatively flat between 8.54-9.14 mbps.