PH download speed for mobile, fixed broadband improve in April – report

The recent Speedtest Global Index Report of Ookla for April 2018 reported that the Philippines’ average download speed for mobile broadband improved by 88.31 percent from 7.44Mbps (July 2016) to 14.01Mbps (April 2018), while its average for fixed broadband also improved by 122.76 percent from 7.91Mbps (July 2016) to 17.62Mbps (April 2018).

For mobile broadband, the country’s monthly averages grew steadily from 7.44Mbps (July 2016), 7.7Mbps (August 2016), 8.18Mbps (September 2016), 8.56Mbps (October 2016), 8.59Mbps (November 2016), 9.53Mbps (December 2016), 9.34Mbps (January 2017), 10.07Mbps (February 2017), 9.73Mbps (March 2017), 9.71Mbps (April 2017), 9.93Mbps (May 2017), 10.32Mbps (June 2017), 10.29Mbps (July 2017), 10.47Mbps (August 2017), 11.95Mbps (September 2017), 12.31Mbps (October 2017), 12.35Mbps (November 2017), 13.45Mbps (December 2017), 12.55Mbps (January 2018), 12.67Mbps (February 2018), 13.52Mbps (March 2018) and 14.01Mbps (April 2018).

For fixed broadband, the country’s monthly averages also continued to trend upward from 7.91Mbps (July 2016), 8.54Mbps (August 2016), 8.76Mbps (September 2016), 8.60Mbps (October 2016), 9.35Mbps (November 2016), 9.71Mbps (December 2016), 10.16Mbps (January 2017), 10.68Mbps (February 2017), 10.81Mbps (March 2017), 10.84Mbps (April 2017), 10.96Mbps (May 2017), 11.66Mbps (June 2017), 12.43Mbps (July 2017), 13.29Mbps (August 2017), 13.41Mbps (September 2017), 13.13Mbps (October 2017), 14.42Mbps (November 2017), 15.19Mbps (December 2017), 15.67Mbps (January 2018), 16.09Mbps (February 2018), 17.32Mbps (March 2018) and 17.62Mbps (April 2018).

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