The country’s fixed broadband and mobile internet speeds have posted a month-on-month improvement for the last 15 months, according to the latest Ookla Speedtest Global Index report.
In a statement, Ookla said the fixed broadband internet speed has increased to 72.56 megabits per second (Mbps) in August this year from 71.17 Mbps, representing a month-to-month improvement of 1.95 percent.
The report also showed an increase in mobile speed as the country yielded an average download speed of 33.77 Mbps in August from 33.69 Mbps the prior month, for a month-to-month improvement of 0.24 percent.
The speeds also represent an improvement of 817.31 percent and 353.89 percent in fixed broadband and mobile, respectively, since the start of the Duterte administration in July 2016.
The Philippines’ fixed broadband speed now ranks 63rd out of 180 countries. For mobile, the country now ranks 73rd out of 140 countries.
Out of 50 countries in Asia, the country’s internet speed now places 17th for fixed broadband and 22nd for mobile.
In Asia-Pacific, the Philippines ranks 14th for fixed broadband and 13th for mobile out of 46 countries.
In Asean, the country ranks 5th in both fixed broadband and mobile speeds out of 10 countries.
The President’s announcement to streamline and speed up the issuance of local government unit permits in July 2020 generated a significant increase in permits granted to telcos from July 2020 to June this year vis-í -vis 2019.
The better internet speeds are largely attributed to this development as telcos are able to fast-track building cellular towers and fiber optic networks necessary in boosting services and connectivity.
