The global average
internet connection speed increased 23 percent to 5.6 Mbps in the
quarter ended December 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, a
report said on Wednesday.
The report "Fourth Quarter, 2015, State
of the Internet Report" was released by Akamai Technologies Inc., a
global leader in content delivery network services.
"From a
global perspective, the average connection speed increased 8.6 percent
quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) and 23 percent year-over-year (YoY) to 5.6
Mbps, while the global average peak connection speed increased 1 percent
QoQ, and increased 21 percent YoY to 32.
5 Mbps," it said.
South
Korea had the highest average connection speed in Asia-Pacific region
at 26.7 Mbps, while India had the lowest at 2.8 Mbps.
"This
quarter's (October to December 2015) report shows great YoY growth in
average connection speeds and overall broadband adoption," said David
Belson, editor of the report.
South Korea (95.3 Mbps) and Macao
(83.1 Mbps) were the only countries/regions to post double-digit
quarterly gains in average peak connection speed at 10 percent and 13
percent, respectively.
"This is particularly important as
consumer expectations rise and many high-profile events, like the summer
games in Rio, will be streamed this year.
"The progress we are
seeing across our key metrics shows that, while there's still work to be
done, more parts of the world are increasingly able to support the
delivery of broadcast-quality video content online," he added.
The
report also showed each of the top 10 countries/regions saw
double-digit growth in 25 Mbps broadband adoption except Hong Kong,
which posted a 9.8 percent change quarter-over-quarter. Norway and
Denmark saw the greatest yearly gains, the report cited.
On a
global basis, close to 70 percent of the countries/regions saw a QoQ
increase in unique IPv4 address counts in the last three months of 2015,
up 10 percent from the July-September period of 2015.
The report
also pointed out that 43 countries/regions saw IPv4 address counts grow
10 percent or more in the quarter ended December 2015 while 13 saw
counts decline 10 percent or more compared with the July-September
quarter of 2015.
The report also showed Britain had the fastest
average mobile connection speed at 26.8 Mbps with Spain in second place
at 14 Mbps. Iran had the lowest average connection speed, at 1.3 Mbps,
followed by Vietnam with an average connection speed of 1.8 Mbps.
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