Philippines broadband speed improves in August

MANILA, Philippines — Internet speed in the Philippines improved for fixed broadband subscribers in August, but mobile users suffered a decline, marred by interconnection issues among telco players.

Based on Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index, mobile internet speed in the country dropped by one percent to 22.35 megabytes per second (Mbps) in August, from 22.55 Mbps in July.

It said the Philippines still has a lot of catching up to meet the global median speed of 30.79 Mbps, benchmarked by the 122.77 Mbps of Norway; 118.42 Mbps of the United Arab Emirates; and 114.28 Mbps of Qatar.

However, fixed broadband speed in the country went up by three percent to 78.33 Mbps in August, from 75.69 Mbps in July. As such, the Philippines exceeded the global median speed of 69.14 Mbps, topped by Singapore’s 219.01 Mbps, Chile’s 211.43 Mbps and Thailand’s 188.75 Mbps.

Ookla said the Philippines was ranked 82nd among 140 economies in terms of mobile internet speed. On the other hand, the country picked up two notches to 45th, from 47th, out of 182 nations for fixed broadband speed.