Korea and Singapore are no more advanced in Internet as befo
Apr 03, 2018
According to Akamai Technologies’ 2Q16 Global Internet Report, Korea had the globally highest average connecting speed of 27Mbps, kept ahead in the world. Singapore had the highest peak connecting speed of 157.3Mbps.
However, compared to 1st quarter, they respectively decreased 7.2% (Korea) and 7.1% (Singapore).
Meanwhile, the global average connecting speed decreased quarterly 2.3% to 6.1Mbps. But average peak connecting speed increased 3.7% to 36Mbps.
Adoption of 10Mbps bandwidth quarterly increased 0.7%, while that of 15Mbps and 25Mbps decreased 0.8% and 2.1%.
It also said, 14 in 15 interviewed countries in Asia-Pacific region have average connecting speed higher than broadband starting point of 4Mbps.
Indonesia is the only one that doubled its speed, with its connecting speed increased 148% in 2nd quarter
Akamai said in the mobile field, Britain had the highest connecting speed of 23.1Mbps, while Venezuela had 2.2Mbps, which is the lowest in the world.
It pointed that, with the future deploying of 4G LTE, mobile network speed was expected to raise.
The rank of Asian regions was Korea (11.1Mbps), New Zealand (9.8Mbps), Japan (9.5Mbps), Taiwan (9.3Mbps), Australia (8.9Mbps) and the Philippines (8.5Mbps).
However, compared to 1st quarter, they respectively decreased 7.2% (Korea) and 7.1% (Singapore).
Meanwhile, the global average connecting speed decreased quarterly 2.3% to 6.1Mbps. But average peak connecting speed increased 3.7% to 36Mbps.
Adoption of 10Mbps bandwidth quarterly increased 0.7%, while that of 15Mbps and 25Mbps decreased 0.8% and 2.1%.
It also said, 14 in 15 interviewed countries in Asia-Pacific region have average connecting speed higher than broadband starting point of 4Mbps.
Indonesia is the only one that doubled its speed, with its connecting speed increased 148% in 2nd quarter
Akamai said in the mobile field, Britain had the highest connecting speed of 23.1Mbps, while Venezuela had 2.2Mbps, which is the lowest in the world.
It pointed that, with the future deploying of 4G LTE, mobile network speed was expected to raise.
The rank of Asian regions was Korea (11.1Mbps), New Zealand (9.8Mbps), Japan (9.5Mbps), Taiwan (9.3Mbps), Australia (8.9Mbps) and the Philippines (8.5Mbps).
