Mobile and fixed broadband speeds in the Philippines have improved in July from the previous month driven by telcos’ aggressive expansion of network infrastructure, according to Ookla Speedtest Global Index report.
The report showed the average download speed of fixed broadband has increased from 66.55 megabits per second (Mbps) in June to 71.17Mbps in July this year.
The latest download speed represents a month-to-month improvement of 6.94 percent for fixed broadband.
Mobile speed also improved in July as the country yielded an average download speed of 33.69Mbps from 32.84Mbps the month before. The latest download speed represents a month-to-month improvement of 2.59 percent for mobile.
With this, the country’s fixed broadband speed now ranks 63rd out of 180 countries. For mobile, the country now ranks 72nd out of 139 countries.
Out of 50 countries in Asia, the country’s internet speed now ranks 17th for fixed broadband and 23rd for mobile.
In Asia-Pacific, the Philippines ranks 14th for fixed broadband and 13th for mobile out of 46 countries.
In Asean, the country ranked fifth in both fixed broadband and mobile out of 10 countries.
The streamlining of the issuance of local government units’ permits starting July 2020 generated a significant increase in permits granted to telcos from July 2020 to June this year vis-í -vis 2019.
Improvement on internet speed is largely attributed to this development as telcos are able to fast-track building cellular towers and fiber optic network necessary in boosting services and connectivity.
