Josh Fomon | September 20, 2022

Starlink Slowed in Q2, Competitors Mounting Challenges

Ookla® has covered SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet for over a year now with our ongoing series on satellite internet performance. We’ve seen Starlink launch in new locations across the world, and while some speeds have shown signs of slowing down from their initial launches, the newly announced T-Mobile partnership with Starlink could extend the benefit of satellite connections to the mobile market.

Today, we have fresh data on satellite performance during Q2 2022 in Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America. This analysis includes results from eight additional countries, two new providers, and expanded data for Starlink, HughesNet, and Viasat. We also examine how Starlink’s internet performance has changed over the past year in Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Starlink speeds decreased in every country we surveyed over the past year as more users sign up for service

Speedtest Intelligence® reveals that median download speeds for Starlink fell across Canada, France, Germany, New Zealand, the U.K, and the U.S., dropping between 9% and 54% from Q2 2021 to Q2 2022 as more users signed up for the service. However, Starlink still reached a median download speed of at least 60 Mbps in North America during Q2 2022, which is more than enough for at least one connected device to do most everything on the internet including streaming video, downloading games, and chatting on video with friends and family.

Upload speeds also slowed on Starlink, with speeds decreasing across all of the countries we’ve tracked over the past year. Latency fared a little better with latency remaining relatively flat (though high when compared to fixed broadband) in most countries. New Zealand was the outlier, with latency dropping 23 ms. For most users, we still suspect these dips are still worthwhile for areas that have no service, slow service, or few affordable options for fast internet.

Starlink in Puerto Rico was the fastest satellite provider in North America

Starlink in Puerto Rico had the fastest satellite internet in North America during Q2 2022 with a median download speed of 112.22 Mbps, followed by Starlink in Mexico (80.17 Mbps), Canada (75.73 Mbps), and the U.S. (62.53 Mbps). Starlink in Puerto Rico and Mexico was faster than their countries’ fixed broadband providers combined (74.80 Mbps and 45.50 Mbps, respectively), while fixed broadband in the U.S. (150.12 Mbps) and Canada (106.41 Mbps) was faster than each country’s satellite providers.

In every country except Mexico, fixed broadband upload speeds were faster than satellite speeds. Starlink in Mexico edged out fixed broadband providers 14.48 Mbps to 12.20 Mbps. Latency was higher for every satellite provider compared to fixed broadband. Starlink in the U.S. had the lowest median latency among satellite providers at 48 ms.

Starlink outperformed fixed broadband average in 16 European countries

Speedtest Intelligence shows Starlink was fast in Europe during Q2 2022, outperforming fixed broadband median download speed in 16 countries and reached download speeds over 100 Mbps in 10 countries. In contrast, fixed broadband only achieved median download speeds over 100 Mbps in six countries: Romania, Spain, Portugal, France, Hungary, and the Netherlands during Q2 2022. Starlink was fastest for median download speed in Portugal at 123.01 Mbps, the Netherlands (122.43 Mbps), Austria (112.01 Mbps), France (110.98 Mbps), and Belgium (110.40 Mbps). Romania and Spain were the only countries to have fixed broadband beat Starlink for fastest median download speed, achieving 131.41 Mbps and 127.19 Mbps, respectively.

For upload, Starlink in Greece and Austria was the only satellite provider to achieve faster upload speeds than all fixed broadband providers combined at 19.34 Mbps to 5.14 Mbps, and to 17.14 Mbps to 15.90 Mbps, respectively. Fixed broadband providers in Spain (99.21 Mbps), Romania (94.23 Mbps), Sweden (92.77 Mbps), France (88.22 Mbps), Lithuania (83.54 Mbps), and Portugal (73.13 Mbps) all recorded median upload speeds greater than 70 Mbps, with the closest satellite provider being Starlink in Portugal at 28.52 Mbps.

All satellite providers fell far behind fixed broadband providers in the whole of Europe for latency during Q2 2022. Starlink in Spain and the United Kingdom recorded the lowest satellite latencies at 37 ms and 39 ms, respectively — still a far cry from the closest fixed broadband latency, which was 14 ms in Germany, Greece, and Italy.

Starlink in Brazil was the fastest satellite provider in South America

Our analysis of Speedtest Intelligence data found Starlink in Brazil was the fastest satellite provider in South America with a median download speed of 128.38 Mbps during Q2 2022, followed by Starlink in Chile at 94.79 Mbps. Chilean fixed broadband internet was still much faster for those who could get access to it. The Speedtest Global Index™ found Chile had the second fastest fixed broadband internet in the world with a median download speed of 211.43 Mbps during August 2022. Starlink in Brazil was the only satellite provider to be faster than its country’s fixed broadband providers combined.

Like last quarter, South American fixed broadband providers surpassed satellite providers in each respective upload speeds during Q2 2022. All satellite providers had a higher median latency than fixed broadband, though Starlink in Brazil and Chile had latencies of 38 ms.

Starlink in New Zealand was the fastest satellite provider in Oceania

Starlink’s fastest median download speed in Oceania was in New Zealand at 105.99 Mbps, though this still fell short of fixed broadband providers in the country. Starlink in Australia was faster than fixed broadband providers by a wide margin at 102.76 Mbps to 51.46 Mbps during Q2 2022. Starlink outperformed fixed broadband providers in new-to-our-list Tonga 45.25 Mbps to 22.32 Mbps.

New Zealand’s fixed broadband dominated for the fastest median upload speed in Oceania at 87.29 Mbps during Q2 2022, while Australia’s fixed broadband fell far behind with an upload speed of 17.86 Mbps. Both speeds were still faster than Starlink’s median upload speeds in New Zealand and Australia (12.31 Mbps and 10.45 Mbps, respectively). Tonga didn’t have a statistical winner for fastest upload speed, but Starlink reached 19.26 Mbps and fixed broadband 18.11 Mbps. Fixed broadband also had a lower median latency than Starlink during Q1 2022, which clocked in at 49 ms in Australia, 78 ms in New Zealand, and 98 ms in Tonga.

Biggest questions lie ahead, but competition will be good for consumers

Satellite connectivity is coming to mobile, with Starlink’s new partnership with T-Mobile and new mobile devices becoming satellite enabled. This will cause ripples across North America, which is a net positive for consumers who live in areas with low mobile and fixed broadband connectivity. Connecting with the world won’t be a question of how anymore, it will be a question of how good your experience is. That’s hopefully a win-win for consumers, especially as more providers vie for the fastest and best satellite experience — a true global space race.

Starlink isn’t stopping there — they’re trying to get into airplanes, cruise ships, and cars. But they’re not the only satellite provider making moves; Viasat is launching its Viasat-3 fleet, OneWeb is combining business with Eutelsat, and Amazon is sending 3,236 Project Kuiper satellites into orbit. We’ll be here monitoring the skies in our ongoing satellite series. Take a Speedtest® to help us provide an accurate and more complete picture of real-world performance. And if we’re missing data on your satellite network, send us a screenshot of your speed on Twitter or Facebook.

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Josh Fomon | June 28, 2022

Here’s How Fast Starlink Has Gotten Over the Past Year

It’s been a year since we first examined SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet, which launched its public beta in November 2020. Today we’re updating our ongoing series on satellite internet performance with data from Q1 2022 in Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America, including results from 10 additional countries. We’re also examining how Starlink’s internet performance has changed over the past year in the United States and Canada.

Starlink speeds increased nearly 58% in Canada and 38% in the U.S. over the past year

Speedtest Intelligence® reveals that median download speeds for Starlink dramatically increased from Q1 2021 to Q1 2022 in the U.S. and Canada, as did speeds for all fixed broadband providers combined. In the U.S., Starlink median download speeds improved roughly 38% from 65.72 Mbps in Q1 2021 to 90.55 Mbps in Q1 2022. In Canada, Starlink’s download speed leapt ahead nearly 58% from 61.84 Mbps to 97.40 Mbps during the same time period.

However, Speedtest Intelligence also showed that upload speeds for Starlink decreased at least 33% in the U.S. (16.29 Mbps in Q1 2021 to 9.33 Mbps in Q1 2022) and at least 36% in Canada (16.69 Mbps to 10.70 Mbps) during the same time period. Median latency on Starlink marginally increased from 40 ms to 43 ms in the U.S. and from 51 ms to 55 ms in Canada during the past year. For many Starlink users, we suspect these changes are negligible.

Starlink in Mexico was the fastest satellite provider in North America

Starlink in Mexico had the fastest satellite internet in North America during Q1 2022 with a median download speed of 105.91 Mbps, followed by Starlink in Canada (97.40 Mbps) and the U.S. (90.55 Mbps). Mexico’s fixed broadband download speed (40.07 Mbps) was much slower than Starlink, while Starlink download speeds were slower than fixed broadband for all providers combined in the U.S. (144.22 Mbps) and Canada (106.86 Mbps). Puerto Rico, new to our list, showed HughesNet had the fastest satellite internet on the island territory at 20.54 Mbps, though fixed broadband was much faster at 68.88 Mbps.

Starlink in Lithuania was the fastest satellite provider in Europe

Speedtest Intelligence showed that Starlink blazed ahead in Europe during Q1 2022, with Starlink achieving a 100+ Mbps median download speed in every country where it was commercially available. In contrast, fixed broadband only achieved median download speeds over 100 Mbps in Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands during Q1 2022. Starlink was fastest for download speed in Lithuania at 160.08 Mbps, followed by Belgium (147.85 Mbps), Slovakia (146.25 Mbps), Croatia (136.00 Mbps), and Austria (132.61 Mbps). Spain was the only country to have its fixed broadband beat Starlink for fastest median download speed, achieving 131.99 Mbps to Starlink’s 108.43 Mbps within the country.

For upload, fixed broadband providers in Spain (100.65 Mbps), France (86.02 Mbps), Portugal (74.42 Mbps), and Lithuania (73.95 Mbps) all recorded median speeds greater than 70 Mbps, while the closest satellite provider, Starlink in Portugal, trailed at 32.05 Mbps.

All satellite providers fell far behind fixed broadband providers in the whole of Europe for latency during Q1 2022, with Starlink in Spain and the United Kingdom recording the highest satellite latencies at 35 ms and 36 ms, respectively — a far cry from the lowest fixed broadband latency, which was 15 ms in the U.K.

Starlink in Chile was the fastest satellite provider in South America

Our analysis of Speedtest Intelligence data found Starlink in Chile was the fastest satellite provider in South America with a median download speed of 110.49 Mbps during Q1 2022. Although Chilean fixed broadband internet was much faster for those who could get access to it. In fact, during May 2022, the Speedtest Global Index™ found Chile had the second fastest fixed broadband internet in the world with a median download speed of 206.97 Mbps, just a hair shy of Singapore’s first place speed of 209.21 Mbps.

No South American satellite provider surpassed its country’s fixed broadband download or upload speeds during Q1 2022. Viasat in Brazil had a noteworthy median download speed of 62.07 Mbps, though still fell short of the country’s fixed broadband speed of 90.20 Mbps. All satellite providers had a higher median latency than fixed broadband, though Starlink in Chile had a latency of 38 ms.

Starlink in Australia was the fastest satellite provider in Oceania

Starlink raced ahead in Oceania, recording faster median download speeds than fixed broadband in both Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Starlink had a median download speed of 124.31 Mbps, much faster than Australian fixed broadband at 50.87 Mbps for download during Q1 2022. The comparison in New Zealand was much closer with Starlink’s median download speed at 118.70 Mbps and fixed broadband at 116.83 Mbps during Q1 2022.

New Zealand’s fixed broadband dominated for the fastest median upload speed in Oceania at 84.34 Mbps during Q1 2022, while Australia’s fixed broadband fell far behind with an upload speed at 17.85 Mbps. Both speeds were still faster than Starlink’s median upload speeds in New Zealand and Australia (13.09 Mbps and 11.71 Mbps, respectively). Fixed broadband also had a faster median latency than Starlink during Q1 2022, which clocked in at 47 ms in Australia and 78 ms in New Zealand.

Consumers are flocking to Starlink, but competitors are close behind

As we’ve continued to see over the past year, Starlink’s low-earth orbit satellites (LEOs) provide a life-changing service for consumers in rural areas that might not otherwise have access to high-speed internet. However, more companies are looking to compete with Starlink and launch their own LEO constellations, including Amazon’s Project Kuiper, which recently received FCC permission to test their own satellite service and is slated to launch later this year, and Viasat which is set to merge with Inmarsat and launch new constellations by 2023.

We’ll continue to monitor the skies in our ongoing satellite series, but if you’re using satellite internet, take a Speedtest® to help us provide an accurate and more complete picture of real-world performance.

Editor’s note: This article was amended on June 28 to clarify percentage increases in the U.S. and Canada and to update the percent change for upload for Canada.

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Luke Kehoe | January 12, 2025

How consolidation is reshaping Spain’s telecoms market in 2025 | La consolidación cambia las telecomunicaciones españolas en 2025

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Spain continues to lead Europe in fiber rollout, but lagging mobile performance undermines country’s overall telecoms competitiveness

The dynamism of Spain’s telecoms market stood out among its European peers last year, with a flurry of mergers reshaping the market’s structure and strong investment in next-generation networks, supported by targeted government initiatives, improving outcomes for Spanish consumers. However, while increased fiber and 5G penetration have driven notable year-on-year improvements in overall network performance, Spain’s international competitiveness in telecoms remains highly imbalanced between its fixed and mobile infrastructure.

The country’s credentials as Europe’s preeminent fiber leader remain intact. In 2024, Spain ranked among the top three in the EU for fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) coverage (95.2%) and the share of fixed broadband subscriptions providing download speeds above 100 Mbps (93.5%), according to the latest edition of the European Commission’s ‘State of the Digital Decade’ report. This continues to position the country significantly ahead of some of the bloc’s largest economies, most notably Germany, which still lags in FTTP coverage (28.8%) due to a slow shift away from cable networks.

Analysis of Speedtest Intelligence® data reveals that median fixed download speeds in Spain increased from 173.32 Mbps to 210.46 Mbps between 2023 and 2024. This trend of improvement was mirrored across other fixed network performance metrics, with upload speeds increasing in the same period from 129.62 Mbps to 155.53 Mbps. In Q3 2024, DIGI achieved a median fixed download speed of 321.21 Mbps in the Spanish market, followed by Jazztel (273.18 Mbps), Orange (262.78 Mbps), Yoigo (255.74 Mbps) and Movistar (180.30 Mbps).

Spain Leads Europe in Fiber Deployment and Adoption, Boasting the Highest Coverage Among the EU's Top 10 Economies
European Commission | DESI 2018 – 2024

Having achieved exceptionally high levels of FTTP penetration across urban, suburban and rural areas—placing Spain among the top three in the European Commission’s DESI 2024 Index for FTTP coverage in sparsely populated rural areas—the focus in Spain is shifting toward enhancing quality of experience (QoE) in core use cases such as gaming and video streaming. Despite boasting higher FTTP coverage and take-up rates, Spain ranks below countries like France in Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index™. This disparity highlights the influence of factors such as Wi-Fi technology—France has a higher penetration of Wi-Fi 6 and 7 in ISP-provided CPE—and tariff provisioned speeds, with a larger share of fiber customers in France subscribing to multi-gigabit plans, on fixed broadband performance.

DIGI’s strong fixed download speed performance in Spain, detailed in Ookla’s Speedtest Connectivity Report for 1H 2024, is underpinned by similar favourable factors. Notably, it was first to market in Spain with a 10 Gbps service, fully leveraging its XGS-PON fiber infrastructure. With highly competitive pricing—starting at just €20 per month for 1 Gbps and €25 per month for 10 Gbps, including Wi-Fi 6 CPE as standard—DIGI has quickly secured a significant share of multi-gigabit capable connections in the Spanish market.

Autonomous Communities in Northern Spain Lead in Fixed Download Speed Performance
Speedtest Intelligence® | 2024

In addition to highlighting the importance of modern CPE and higher tariff-provisioned speeds, DIGI’s business last year exemplified the accelerating consolidation trends in Spain’s highly overbuilt and fragmented fiber market. The acquisition of DIGI’s fiber infrastructure by a Macquarie-led consortium, which solidified wholesale specialist Onivia’s status as the largest of the ‘neutral’ FTTP networks in Spain, dovetailed with developments such as Telefónica’s BlueVia wholesale spin-off, the emergence of MásOrange and Zegona-controlled Vodafone’s ‘FiberCo’ tie-ups with both Telefónica and MásOrange.

As observed in other European markets with significant fiber overbuild, such as the alt-net model in the UK, consolidation is a slow and challenging process. However, Spanish operators continue to pursue it to enhance the economics of their fiber investments in highly overbuilt urban areas, unlocking scale and resources to capture future growth in rural areas where overlapping infrastructure is less common. This begins with small local operators—of which there are hundreds—being absorbed by ‘local consolidators’. These are then integrated into the infrastructure portfolios of regional consolidators, ultimately leading to acquisition by one of the largest traditional players.

Fiber Overbuild from Smaller Players like DIGI Drives Market Share Shift from Incumbents
Analysis of CNMC Market Data | 2022 – 2024

This gradual process of consolidation is reshaping the fiber business model in Spain, as traditional operators separate their infrastructure and service units to support the growth of wholesale offerings. The coming year will provide some insight into whether a consolidated third player can successfully compete and coexist alongside the vertically integrated Telefónica and MásOrange in the long-term.

MásOrange is vying for network leadership in Spain, founded on a significant spectrum advantage

The winds of consolidation have swept through the Spanish mobile market too, culminating last year in the European Commission’s approval of a 50:50 joint venture between MásMóvil and Orange. The merger has pole-vaulted the newly formed ‘MásOrange’ into a leading position in the market, both in subscription and spectrum share. To secure regulatory approval from Brussels, the merging entity committed to divesting 60 MHz of spectrum, including 20 MHz in the 3.5 GHz band, to facilitate the entry of DIGI as a fully-fledged independent mobile operator, effectively restoring the Spanish market to a four-player structure and ‘exerting a strong competitive constraint on the joint venture’.

In addition to diversifying its portfolio of brands through the merger—with Orange and Yoigo catering to the premium segment, Jazztel and MásMóvil focusing on value for money and regional brands like Euskaltel and Telecable serving local needs—MásOrange hopes its consolidated spectrum assets will enable it to achieve network leadership in the Spanish mobile market.

Movistar Revenues Stable YoY in Q3 2024 while Vodafone and MásOrange Face Declines
Analysis of CNMC Market Data | 2022 – 2024

The merged entity’s consolidated network will be primarily based on Orange’s infrastructure, complemented by MásMóvil’s existing site portfolio and the deployment of new greenfield sites. The integration of MásMóvil’s network, which relies entirely on mid- and high-band spectrum and has historically depended on a national roaming agreement with Orange, creates a natural synergy for the merged entity. It enables the integrated network to leverage MásMóvil’s capacity and density in urban areas alongside Orange’s extensive coverage and nationwide reach.

MásOrange is particularly focused on vying to unseat Movistar’s dominance in the premium segment, a position it has long upheld thanks to its emphasis on superior network quality. Movistar emerged as the fastest mobile operator in the Spanish market in Ookla’s Speedtest Connectivity Report for 1H 2024, delivering the highest median download speeds of 82.68 Mbps. This placed Movistar significantly ahead of Orange (56.42 Mbps) and Yoigo (36.73 Mbps).

The merged entity’s spectrum advantage is heavily weighted toward mid- and high-bands, which are typically utilised for 5G deployments in urban and suburban areas. According to data published by MásOrange, it holds 37% of all mid- and high-band assets in the Spanish market—compared to 28% and 26% for its closest competitor, Telefónica—giving it a unique opportunity to enhance 5G speed performance and gain a competitive edge.

Movistar has maintained its strong 5G speed performance with a 100 MHz allocation in the 3.5 GHz band, but this is now overshadowed by MasOrange’s expanded allocation of 170 MHz. Capital investment by the merged entity in upgrading the 5G RAN to support advanced carrier aggregation (CA) capabilities and the standalone (SA) architecture will enable it to fully realise the performance benefits of wider channel bandwidth through the extensive deployment of its 3.5 GHz spectrum across its consolidated mobile site grid.

Seville Leads in 5G Download Speed Among Spain's Largest Cities, but Operator Performance Varies Widely
Speedtest Intelligence® | Q3 2024

To establish network leadership in coverage, however, MásOrange will need to move beyond its spectrum advantage and focus on increasing the number of physical sites in rural areas within its integrated network. In Q3 2024, Vodafone and Movistar recorded 4G Availability of 95.1% and 93.4% respectively in the Spanish market, followed by Orange at 92.7% and Yoigo at 91.5%.

In parallel to MásOrange’s network consolidation journey, DIGI is building out its own infrastructure to gradually wean itself off dependence on a national roaming and RAN sharing agreement with Telefónica (which DIGI selected over MásOrange, despite both being options under the merger conditions), starting with urban and suburban areas. The European Commission designed the spectrum divestment remedies to position DIGI to replicate the competitive pressure previously exerted by MásMóvil. The goal is for DIGI to carry a similar share of its total mobile data traffic on its own network in the coming years, at least matching the 40-60% on-net share that MásMóvil achieved pre-merger.

Spain's Rural Provinces Trail in 5G Availability, Highlighting the Importance of Government Support through UNICO
Speedtest Intelligence® | Overall 5G Availability (%) in 2024

More broadly, it is hoped that the substantial long-term investment commitments from DIGI and MásOrange, driven by the consolidation activity, combined with government support through programmes such as Unico, will bolster Spain’s international competitiveness in mobile performance in the coming years. The country has significant catching up to do, ranking 57th in the Speedtest Global Index at the end of 2024 and trailing most of its European peers across a suite of network performance metrics, including download speed, consistency and coverage.

La consolidación cambia las telecomunicaciones españolas en 2025

España sigue a la cabeza en despliegue de fibra en Europa, pero el rezagado desempeño móvil reduce la competitividad del país

El dinamismo del mercado español de telecomunicaciones destacó el año pasado frente al de otros mercados europeos, por fusiones que modificaron la estructura del sector y una fuerte inversión en redes de próxima generación, respaldadas por iniciativas gubernamentales, que supusieron mejoras para los consumidores españoles. Si bien la mayor penetración de la fibra y el 5G han impulsado año tras año notables avances en el rendimiento general de la red, la competitividad internacional de España en telecomunicaciones sigue estando muy desequilibrada entre su infraestructura fija y móvil.

Las credenciales del país como líder europeo en fibra permanecen intactas. En 2024, según la última edición del informe ‘Estado de la Década Digital’ de la Comisión Europea, España se situó entre los tres primeros países de la UE en cobertura de fibra hasta las instalaciones (FTTP), con un 95,21%, y en porcentaje de suscripciones de banda ancha fija con velocidades de descarga superiores a 100 Mbps (93,54%). Esto posicionó al país significativamente por delante de algunas de las economías más grandes del bloque, en particular Alemania, todavía rezagada en cobertura FTTP (28,80%).

Según Speedtest Intelligence la velocidad mediana de descarga fija en España aumentó de 173,32 Mbps a 210,46 Mbps entre 2023 y 2024. Esta tendencia de mejora se reflejó en otras métricas de rendimiento de la red fija, con velocidades medianas de carga que se incrementaron de 129.62 Mbps a 155.53 Mbps en el mismo período. En el tercer trimestre de 2024, DIGI alcanzó una velocidad mediana de descarga fija de 321,21 Mbps, por delante de Jazztel (273,18 Mbps), Orange (262,78 Mbps), Yoigo (255,74 Mbps) y Movistar (180,30 Mbps).

España lidera Europa en despliegue y adopción de fibra, con la mayor cobertura entre las 10 principales economías de la UE
Comisión Europea | DESI 2018-2024

Habiendo alcanzado niveles excepcionalmente altos de penetración de FTTP en áreas urbanas, suburbanas y rurales (que posicionan a España entre los tres primeros del índice DESI 2024 de la Comisión Europea sobre cobertura FTTP en zonas rurales escasamente pobladas), España está cambiando el foco hacia la mejora de la calidad de la experiencia (QoE) para casos de uso como los vídeojuegos y el streaming. A pesar de contar con más cobertura y tasas de aceptación FTTP, España está por debajo de países como Francia en el Índice Global de Speedtest de Ookla.

Este desequilibrio pone de relieve la influencia en el rendimiento de la banda ancha fija de factores como la tecnología Wi-Fi (Francia tiene una mayor penetración de Wi-Fi 6 y 7 en los router proporcionados por los operadores) y las velocidades ofrecidas en la tarifa (con una mayor proporción de clientes de fibra suscritos a planes multi-gigabit en Francia).

El sólido rendimiento de la velocidad de descarga fija de DIGI en España, detallado en Informe de Conectividad de Speedtest, está respaldado por factores favorables similares. Fue el primero en comercializar en España un servicio de 10 Gbps, aprovechando al máximo su infraestructura de fibra XGS-PON. Con precios altamente competitivos (desde sólo 20€ al mes por 1 Gbps y 25€ por 10 Gbps y router Wi-Fi 6 incluido), DIGI se ha asegurado rápidamente una cuota importante de conexiones con capacidad multigigabit en el mercado español.

Las comunidades autónomas del norte de España, líderes en rendimiento de velocidad de descarga fija
Speedtest Intelligence® | 2024

Además de evidenciar la importancia de un router moderno y velocidades más altas, el negocio de DIGI ejemplificó el año pasado la acelerada tendencia de consolidación en el fragmentado y sobredimensionado mercado español de fibra. La adquisición de la infraestructura de fibra de DIGI por parte de un consorcio liderado por Macquarie, que consolidó el estatus de Onivia como la mayor red FTTP ‘neutra’ en España, coincidió con otros acontecimientos como la escisión de BlueVia de Telefónica, la aparición de MásOrange y las alianzas de ‘FibreCo’ de Vodafone con Telefónica y MásOrange.

Como se observa en otros mercados europeos con un importante despliegue de fibra (como Reino Unido), la consolidación es un proceso lento y desafiante. Sin embargo, los operadores españoles continúan persiguiéndola para mejorar la rentabilidad de sus inversiones en fibra en áreas urbanas altamente edificadas, liberando recursos para aprovechar el crecimiento futuro en áreas rurales donde la superposición de infraestructura es menos común. Esto comienza con la absorción de pequeños operadores locales (de los que hay cientos) por “consolidadores locales”. Luego, éstos se integran en las carteras de infraestructura de los consolidadores regionales, lo que en última instancia conduce a la adquisición por parte de uno de los actores tradicionales más grandes.

El despliegue de fibra por parte de actores más pequeños como DIGI impulsa el cambio en la cuota de mercado de los operadores tradicionales
Análisis de datos de CNMC | 2022-2024

Esta consolidación gradual está modificando el negocio de la fibra en España, mientras que los operadores tradicionales separan sus unidades de infraestructura y servicios para apoyar el crecimiento de la oferta mayorista. Este año se podrá saber si un tercer actor consolidado puede competir y coexistir con éxito a largo plazo con Telefónica y MásOrange.

MásOrange compite por el liderazgo de la red en España, apoyándose en una importante ventaja de espectro

La consolidación también ha afectado al mercado móvil español. A finales del año pasado, la Comisión Europea aprobó la creación de una empresa conjunta entre MásMóvil y Orange. La fusión ha llevado a la recién formada MásOrange a una posición de liderazgo, tanto en suscripción como en cuota de espectro. Para obtener la aprobación de Bruselas, la entidad se comprometió a vender 60 MHz de espectro, incluidos 20 MHz en la banda de 3,5 GHz, para facilitar la entrada de DIGI como un operador móvil independiente de pleno derecho, convirtiendo así el mercado español en una estructura de cuatro actores.

Además de diversificar su cartera de marcas a través de la fusión (con Orange y Yoigo en el segmento premium, Jazztel y MásMóvil centrándose en la relación calidad-precio y Euskaltel y Telecable atendiendo las necesidades locales), MásOrange espera que sus activos de espectro le permitan alcanzar el liderazgo en el mercado móvil español.

Los ingresos de Movistar se mantienen estables interanualmente en el 3T de 2024 mientras que Vodafone y MásOrange afrontan caídas
Análisis de datos de mercado de CNMC | 2022-2024

La red de la entidad se basará principalmente en la infraestructura de Orange, complementada con la cartera de sites existentes de MásMóvil y el despliegue de nuevos. La integración de la red de MásMóvil, que depende íntegramente del espectro de banda media y alta e históricamente ha dependido de un acuerdo de roaming nacional con Orange, crea una sinergia para la entidad: aprovechar la capacidad y densidad de MásMóvil en áreas urbanas junto con la amplia cobertura y alcance nacional de Orange.

MásOrange está centrado en desbancar a Movistar en el segmento premium, que ha liderado durante mucho tiempo gracias a su foco en la calidad superior de la red. Movistar emergió como el operador móvil más rápido del mercado español en el Informe de Conectividad Speedtest de Ookla para el primer semestre de 2024, al ofrecer la velocidad de descarga media más alta de 82,68 Mbps. Esto sitúa a Movistar muy por delante de Orange (56,42 Mbps) y Yoigo (36,73 Mbps).

La ventaja espectral de MásOrange se inclina hacia las bandas medias y altas, normalmente utilizadas para implementaciones 5G en áreas urbanas y suburbanas. De acuerdo con los datos publicados por la compañía, MásOrange cuenta con el 37% de todos los activos de banda media y alta de España (en comparación con el 28% y el 26% de su competidor más cercano, Telefónica), lo que le da una oportunidad única de mejorar el rendimiento de la velocidad 5G y adelantarse a sus competidores.

Movistar ha mantenido su liderazgo en velocidad 5G con una asignación de 100 MHz en la banda de 3,5 GHz, pero esto se ve ahora eclipsado por la asignación de MásOrange de 170 MHz. La inversión de ésta para actualizar la RAN 5G para que cuente con capacidades avanzadas de agregación de operadores y arquitectura independiente (SA), le permitirá aprovechar los beneficios de rendimiento de un ancho de banda mayor a través del amplio despliegue de su espectro de 3,5 GHz en toda su red móvil consolidada.

Sevilla lidera en velocidad de descarga 5G entre las principales ciudades de España, pero el rendimiento de los operadores varía ampliamente
Speedtest Intelligence® | Q3 2024

Sin embargo, para liderar en cobertura de red, MásOrange necesitará ir más allá de su ventaja de espectro y centrarse en incrementar el número de sites físicos en áreas rurales. En el tercer trimestre de 2024, Vodafone y Movistar registraron en el mercado español una disponibilidad 4G del 95,1% y 93,4% respectivamente, seguidas de Orange con un 92,7% y Yoigo con un 91,5%.

Paralelamente a la consolidación de la red de MásOrange, DIGI está construyendo su propia infraestructura para dejar de depender gradualmente de un acuerdo de roaming y del uso compartido de RAN con Telefónica, comenzando con zonas urbanas y suburbanas. La Comisión Europea diseñó los remedies de desinversión de espectro para que DIGI replique la presión competitiva ejercida anteriormente por MásMóvil. El objetivo es que DIGI transporte una proporción similar de su tráfico total de datos móviles en su propia red en los próximos años, al menos igualando la cuota on-net del 40-60% que MásMóvil lograba antes de la fusión.

Provincias rurales de España, a la zaga en disponibilidad de 5G, lo que destaca la importancia del apoyo gubernamental a través de UNICO.
Speedtest Intelligence® | Disponibilidad general 5G (%) en 2024

En términos generales, se espera que los compromisos de inversión a largo plazo de DIGI y MásOrange, impulsados por la consolidación, unidos al apoyo gubernamental con programas como Único, impulsen la competitividad internacional de España en rendimiento móvil en los próximos años. El país tiene mucho por hacer, ya que a finales de 2024 ocupa el puesto 57 en Índice Global de Speedtest, situándose por detrás de la mayoría de sus colegas europeos en rendimiento de red, incluidas velocidad de descarga, coherencia y cobertura.

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Isla McKetta | June 24, 2024

How Much Faster is 5G Anyway? An Analysis of Page Load Speed

There’s nothing quite like picking up your phone for a little “me” time only to open up that first web page… and wait for it to load. Maybe the images aren’t there yet or the content jumps around while the ads load — it’s the worst. 5G is meant to help, so we dug into Speedtest® quality of experience data to see if this newer technology is living up to its promise. Read on for an analysis of page load speed (how many milliseconds it takes for a page to load) on three popular services in nine major countries around the world during Q1 2024.

Click the country below to go directly to that section or read on for the full article:

Brazil | Canada | France | India

Mexico | Nigeria

South Africa | Spain | United States

Page speed relies on low latency for the best internet experience

Page load speed is a critical measure of your web browsing experience. It measures how long it takes for a page to load, fully displaying the content on that page. This is directly impacted by latency, which is how quickly your device gets a response after you’ve sent out a request. A typical request on the internet requires two to five round trip communications between various entities over different latency sensitive protocols.

One of the promises of 5G is lower latency, which should lead to a faster (lower) page load speed on any page. The Speedtest Global Index^TM reported the global average for mobile latency as 27 milliseconds (0.027 seconds) with fixed broadband at 9 ms (0.009 s) in May 2024. As seen in the video below, it can take 7x longer to load a full webpage when latency is high, and “40% of users will abandon a site if it takes more than 3 seconds to load,” according to one source. Read more about the importance of latency to quality of experience.

5G lived up to the latency promise, showing a faster page load speed than 4G on all services in all countries we surveyed. However, the improvement was not the same in all places, with Canada topping the list of fastest page load speed over 5G on all the services we surveyed while South Africa had the slowest 5G page load speed on Google and YouTube of countries reviewed here. Read on for details.

5G loads 20-30% faster than 4G in Brazil

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in Brazil

Speedtest data shows that 5G delivered a much lower page load speed than 4G on all three services in Brazil during Q1 2024. Google loaded 20% faster on 5G than 4G, YouTube was 25% faster, and Facebook was 30% faster on 5G.

Canada’s 5G page load speed among the fastest on all 3 services

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in Canada

As mentioned, Canada’s 5G page load speed was the fastest or among the fastest for all countries analyzed in this article, with Canada having the fastest page load speed on Facebook, Google, and YouTube. Our analysis demonstrated that 5G delivered a decently faster page load speed than 4G on all three services in Canada during Q1 2024. YouTube loaded 16% faster on 5G than 4G, Google was 18% faster, and Facebook was 23% faster on 5G.

French 5G loads 14-20% faster than 4G

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in France

Speedtest data shows 5G page load speed on all three services was decently faster than on 4G in France during Q1 2024. YouTube loaded 14% faster on 5G than 4G, Facebook was 19%, and Google was 20% faster on 5G.

5G loads 23-33% faster than 4G in India

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in India

Analysis of Speedtest data shows the page load speed on all three services was much lower on 5G than 4G in India during Q1 2024. Google loaded 23% faster on 5G than 4G, YouTube was 32% faster, and Facebook was 33% faster on 5G. India and Mexico had the slowest page load speeds for Facebook over 5G of any of the countries we looked at.

Mexican 5G loads 26-28% faster than 4G

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in Mexico

Speedtest data shows 5G delivered a much lower page load speed than 4G on all three services in Mexico during Q1 2024. Google and Facebook loaded 26% faster on 5G than 4G and YouTube was 28% faster on 5G. Mexico and India had the slowest 5G page load speeds for Facebook among the countries examined.

5G loads up to 47% faster than 4G in Nigeria

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in Nigeria

Our analysis revealed 5G delivered a much lower page load speed than 4G on all three services in Nigeria during Q1 2024. Google loaded 24% faster on 5G than 4G, YouTube was 27% faster, and Facebook was a whopping 47% faster on 5G.

South Africans see 22-36% faster 5G page load over 4G, but slow Google and YouTube

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in South Africa

Speedtest data shows 5G delivered a much lower page load speed than 4G on all three services in South Africa during Q1 2024. Google loaded 22% faster on 5G than 4G, YouTube was 27% faster, and Facebook was 36% faster on 5G. South Africa had the slowest 5G page load speed for both Google and YouTube of any of the countries analyzed.

5G loads 11-15% faster than 4G in Spain

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in Spain

5G page load speed in Spain was somewhat faster than 4G on all three services during Q1 2024. YouTube loaded 11% faster on 5G than 4G, Google was 14% faster than 4G, and Facebook was 15% faster on 5G.

U.S. 5G loads 21-26% faster than 4G

Chart of 5G vs. 4G Page Load Speed in United States

Speedtest data from the U.S. shows 5G delivered a much lower page load speed than 4G on all three services during Q1 2024. Google loaded 21% faster on 5G than 4G, YouTube was 22% faster, and Facebook was 26% faster on 5G.

Your time is valuable. Our data shows that you can get some of that important time back if you have access to 5G and can afford to upgrade. To learn more about your network experience, download the Speedtest app for Android or iOS. Remember, too, that there’s a Downdetector® tab in the Speedtest apps to help you troubleshoot pages that aren’t loading at all.

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Isla McKetta | June 17, 2024

Your Guide to Airport Wi-Fi and Mobile Performance at 50+ Global Airports in 2024

Airports around the world have been packed with travelers this year, which puts extra stress on the Wi-Fi. With summer travel already well in swing in the northern hemisphere, we’re back with fresh data for our series on airport Wi-Fi performance to help you plan for connectivity at all your connections. You’ll find information about Wi-Fi on free networks provided by the individual airports as well as mobile speeds at some of the busiest airports in the world during Q1 2024. Read on for a look at internet performance at over 50 of the world’s busiest airports with data on download speed, upload speed, and latency.

Key takeaways

The seven fastest airports for downloads over Wi-Fi were in the United States: San Francisco International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, and Harry Reid International Airport.
Six U.S. airports had the fastest uploads over Wi-Fi: San Francisco International Airport, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, and John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The fastest mobile download speeds on our list were at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in China, and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in the U.S.
Eight of the 10 airports with the fastest mobile upload speeds were in China.

9 airports have 100+ Mbps Wi-Fi download speeds

Speedtest Intelligence® showed seven of the nine airports with median Wi-Fi download speeds over 100 Mbps were in the U.S.:

San Francisco International Airport (173.55 Mbps),
Newark Liberty International Airport (166.51 Mbps),
John F. Kennedy International Airport (151.59 Mbps),
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (151.28 Mbps),
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (137.31 Mbps),
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (119.92 Mbps), and
Harry Reid International Airport (107.84 Mbps).

Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France and China’s Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport rounded out the list with median download speeds of 107.13 Mbps and 101.01 Mbps, respectively. Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Sea–Tac had the lowest median multi-server latency on Wi-Fi of any of the airports surveyed during Q1 2024.

Hover on the pins on the map below to see full details for download and upload speeds as well as latency at all the airports analyzed.

Fixed Broadband Internet Speeds Over Free Wi-Fi at Global Airports
Speedtest Intelligence® | Q1 2024
A map showing fixed broadband speeds in selected global airports.

At Ookla®, we’re dedicated to making sure the networks you depend on are always at their best. With Ekahau®, our Wi-Fi solution, we know firsthand just how challenging it can be to optimize Wi-Fi at airports, especially when you have up to 900 people waiting at each boarding gate during the busiest travel times. While the speeds achieved by these top airports are impressive, we saw two smaller U.S. airports with median Wi-Fi download speeds over 200 Mbps during our U.S.-only analysis of airport Wi-Fi in the fall.

Six airports on our list use multiple SSIDs for their Wi-Fi networks for different terminals or to take advantage of the coverage advantages of 2.4 GHz and the speed advantages of 5 GHz frequencies. We have included data for all the SSIDs with sufficient samples in the map and reported in the text on the best result when using multiple SSIDs results in dramatically different speeds.

Eighteen airports on our list had median Wi-Fi download speeds of less than 25 Mbps. Mexico City International Airport in Mexico had the lowest median Wi-Fi download speed at 5.11 Mbps, followed by:

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Vietnam (7.07 Mbps),
Beijing Capital International Airport in China (9.45 Mbps),
Cairo International Airport in Egypt (10.62 Mbps), and
Tokyo Haneda Airport in Japan (11.37 Mbps).

You may struggle with everything from video chatting to streaming at any airport with a download speed below 25 Mbps. Latency is also a factor in performance so if your airport is one of the three with a median Wi-Fi latency over 60 ms, a mobile hotspot may be a better option for a stable connection.

Wi-Fi 6 has arrived

Our analysis shows at least 15 airports on our list were using the new Wi-Fi 6 standard in their Wi-Fi setup. Wi-Fi 6 uses Multi-User Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) to increase performance and throughput, especially when serving multiple devices. This offers a real advantage at a large public location like an airport. In order to get maximum benefit from Wi-Fi 6, consumers would need to be using Wi-Fi 6-compatible devices. Speedtest data shows a fairly even split between airports that saw faster download speeds on Wi-Fi 6 and airports where Wi-Fi 6 results were comparable to those on other earlier Wi-Fi generations.

As you know, international travel can be complicated. Even if the airport offers free Wi-Fi, you may encounter other barriers to access. For example, a local number is required in Cairo to receive the access code to connect to the airport Wi-Fi. And while we’d love to include other large airports like Nigeria’s Murtala Muhammed International Airport in future Wi-Fi analyses, they currently do not offer free Wi-Fi so we have included mobile data below.

11 airports show mobile speeds over 200 Mbps

Speedtest® data shows mobile speeds massively outpaced Wi-Fi, with 14 airports showing faster median downloads over mobile than the fastest airport for Wi-Fi. Hamad International Airport in Qatar had the fastest median download speed over mobile on our list at 442.49 Mbps during Q1 2024, followed by:

Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (341.19 Mbps),
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (295.94 Mbps),
Shanghai Pudong International Airport (264.71 Mbps),
Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport (258.42 Mbps), and
Istanbul Airport (255.51 Mbps).

Mobile Network Speeds at Global Airports
Speedtest Intelligence® | Q1 2024

Fastest mobile speeds at airports in Africa and South America

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya had the fastest mobile download speeds of the four African airports we analyzed at 88.12 Mbps during Q1 2024. São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil was the faster of the two Latin American airports analyzed with a median download speed of 55.44 Mbps.

Airports with slow mobile speeds

Mobile can’t fix everything, because six airports came in with a median mobile download speed below 25 Mbps. Mexico City International Airport was again at the bottom with 8.75 Mbps, followed by:

Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport (15.21 Mbps),
Orlando International Airport (15.84 Mbps),
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (20.37 Mbps),
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (20.96 Mbps), and
Indira Gandhi International Airport (21.80 Mbps).

Latency on mobile was generally higher than that on Wi-Fi with 46 airports showing a Wi-Fi latency lower than the lowest latency on mobile, 27.51 ms at China’s Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport. As noted above, latency is an important factor in performance, so it might be worth investigating the airport Wi-Fi by running a Speedtest if your mobile performance seems to lag.

Airport Wi-Fi or mobile? Connecting on your next trip

We created a quick guide to help you decide whether to try out the Wi-Fi or simply use the local mobile network if you have access. Use it to compare free airport Wi-Fi performance against mobile performance for the 52 airports we have both Wi-Fi and mobile data for during Q1 2024. Twenty-six airports had faster mobile internet than airport Wi-Fi. Eight airports had faster Wi-Fi than mobile, and seven airports showed only a slight distinction between Wi-Fi and mobile or download speeds over 100 Mbps on both, so we gave both the green check marks. We were able to include more airports in the mobile analysis because there were more mobile samples to analyze at those airports than there were samples over Wi-Fi.

The averages reported here are based on real-world data, so your experience may differ, especially on a busy travel day. Take a Speedtest® at the airport to see how your performance compares. Cheers to safe travels and rapid connections wherever you’re flying.

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Maria Gómez | February 12, 2020

How Roaming Affects Mobile Speeds in Europe

Last year, we conducted an expansive analysis of mobile roaming in the European Union. We’re updating our data to see which countries have the best roaming speeds and how roaming affects time spent on Wi-Fi. This analysis is based on Speedtest data from Android devices in Europe during Q3-Q4 2019. Despite Brexit, we’ve included data from the United Kingdom to keep parity year-over-year, as the roaming agreement remains in place for 2020 and this data involves travel within a specific set of countries.

Roaming in Europe typically means slower download speeds

Mobile roaming speeds are affected by the deals struck between individual mobile operators on a country-by-country basis. This means roaming speeds can depend on the plan a subscriber has selected in their home country and on what is offered in the country of destination.

Out of the 28 countries we examined, residents of 22 countries experienced slower speeds when roaming elsewhere in Europe than they do in their home countries. Travelers from the Netherlands experience the most significant loss in speed, with a roaming download speed that is 54.7% slower than at home. However, users in Slovakia barely notice a change in download speed with a roaming download speed only 2.6% slower than the mean download speed in Slovakia during this period.

Roaming vs. Local Mobile Download Speeds in Europe

Speedtest^® Data | Q3-Q4 2019

Country	Local Speeds (Mbps)	Roaming Speed Upload (Mbps)	% Change
Austria	46.30	35.93	-22.4%
Belgium	50.95	33.38	-34.5%
Bulgaria	55.32	30.95	-44.1%
Croatia	52.40	43.73	-16.6%
Cyprus	43.50	21.04	-51.6%
Czech Republic	47.00	36.37	-22.6%
Denmark	48.38	32.28	-33.3%
Estonia	42.61	43.90	3.0%
Finland	43.38	41.46	-4.4%
France	44.34	34.00	-23.3%
Germany	34.07	30.48	-10.5%
Greece	39.90	45.03	12.9%
Hungary	45.53	29.55	-35.1%
Ireland	26.73	32.05	19.9%
Italy	33.64	40.98	21.8%
Latvia	33.20	38.54	16.1%
Lithuania	46.72	39.73	-15.0%
Luxembourg	52.55	34.61	-34.1%
Malta	48.88	32.30	-33.9%
Netherlands	62.52	28.31	-54.7%
Poland	33.07	25.57	-22.7%
Portugal	34.49	36.34	5.4%
Romania	37.84	33.69	-11.0%
Slovakia	34.74	33.83	-2.6%
Slovenia	39.34	32.67	-16.9%
Spain	34.28	27.56	-19.6%
Sweden	48.52	36.55	-24.7%
United Kingdom	36.36	34.96	-3.8%

Upload speeds locally are also mostly faster than those experienced while roaming. Cyprus, Denmark, and the Netherlands all had relatively high mean upload speeds locally, but they also had the largest loss in roaming upload speeds ranging from 31.3% to 36.7% slower upload speeds on mobile roaming.

Residents of some European countries do benefit from faster speeds when roaming on mobile. Users from Estonia, Portugal, Greece, Latvia, Ireland, and Italy all experienced faster download speeds when roaming elsewhere in Europe than they did in their home countries during Q3-Q4 2019. Italian and Irish travelers gained the most when roaming with download speeds that were 21.8% and 19.9% faster than their local speeds, respectively.

A total of 12 countries had higher mean upload speeds while roaming than they experienced locally during this period. France, Latvia, and Ireland benefitted the most with an increase in upload speeds that ranged from 26.5% to 21.4% while roaming.

Latency increases dramatically while roaming in Europe

Unlike mean download and upload speeds, latency is almost always dramatically different while roaming. This is because roaming signals are routed through a user’s home network, making latency a significant issue for Europeans when traveling.

Local vs. Roaming Latency in Europe

Speedtest^® Data | Q3-Q4 2019

Country	Local Latency (ms)	Roaming Latency (ms)	% Change
Austria	26	84	220.4%
Belgium	27	83	205.7%
Bulgaria	27	127	368.3%
Croatia	33	89	166.0%
Cyprus	23	213	825.5%
Czech Republic	26	74	187.6%
Denmark	26	100	287.9%
Estonia	25	76	201.5%
Finland	27	97	254.6%
France	41	82	98.8%
Germany	38	87	128.1%
Greece	29	129	349.8%
Hungary	25	93	272.6%
Ireland	35	100	185.0%
Italy	50	91	81.2%
Latvia	26	95	268.2%
Lithuania	27	107	302.2%
Luxembourg	23	83	262.6%
Malta	19	136	611.6%
Netherlands	28	87	208.3%
Poland	35	109	209.2%
Portugal	30	109	258.8%
Romania	30	113	275.3%
Slovakia	31	76	105.5%
Slovenia	24	74	208.2%
Spain	45	107	137.4%
Sweden	29	118	304.3%
United Kingdom	38	103	173.1%

In their home country, residents of Malta (19 ms), Luxembourg (22 ms) and Cyprus (23 ms) enjoyed the lowest latencies in Europe. Residents of France, Spain and Italy experienced the highest latencies in their home countries at 41 ms, 45 ms and 50 ms, respectively.

European residents experienced an increase of at least 81.2% in their latency when visiting other countries within Europe. Residents from Cyprus, Malta and Bulgaria experience the biggest increase in latency when visiting other countries in Europe, ranging from Cyprus’ 825.5% to Bulgaria’s 368.3%. The countries that experienced the smallest increase in latency were Italy (81.2%), France (98.8%) and Germany (128.1%).

Locals spend more time on Wi-Fi than visitors in Europe

While there are no roaming changes within the E.U., users often opt to connect to Wi-Fi to avoid additional data overages at home and abroad. The following table compares the percentage of time spent on Wi-Fi by a resident of a country with that of a visitor to the same country during Q3-Q4 2019.

Percentage of Time Spent on Wi-Fi in Europe

Speedtest^® Data | Q3-Q4 2019

Country	Local Customers	Visitors	% Change
Austria	75.5%	40.5%	-46.3%
Belgium	77.9%	35.8%	-54.1%
Bulgaria	74.0%	60.3%	-18.5%
Croatia	74.3%	53.8%	-27.5%
Cyprus	79.3%	70.2%	-11.5%
Czech Republic	80.1%	46.6%	-41.8%
Denmark	78.7%	60.3%	-23.4%
Estonia	70.3%	51.9%	-26.2%
Finland	63.0%	60.3%	-4.4%
France	69.3%	48.7%	-29.7%
Germany	80.0%	47.1%	-41.1%
Greece	79.3%	64.3%	-19.0%
Hungary	76.8%	47.8%	-37.8%
Ireland	75.6%	58.9%	-22.0%
Italy	70.9%	55.1%	-22.2%
Latvia	68.8%	49.2%	-28.4%
Lithuania	73.8%	52.2%	-29.2%
Luxembourg	72.4%	30.8%	-57.4%
Malta	79.4%	65.9%	-17.1%
Netherlands	81.8%	49.1%	-40.1%
Poland	70.2%	58.2%	-17.1%
Portugal	76.5%	61.9%	-19.0%
Romania	69.6%	64.1%	-7.9%
Slovakia	76.2%	40.1%	-47.4%
Slovenia	70.7%	24.7%	-65.2%
Spain	78.3%	62.8%	-19.7%
Sweden	81.8%	53.8%	-34.3%
United Kingdom	79.3%	60.9%	-23.1%

As we saw last year, Finnish residents spent the least amount of time on Wi-Fi at 63.0%. Latvia showed the second lowest time spent on Wi-Fi (68.8%), followed by France (69.3%). Residents from the Netherlands, Sweden and the Czech Republic spent the most time on Wi-Fi at 81.8%, 81.8%, and 80.1%, respectively.

Visitors to Cyprus, Malta and Greece spent the most amount of time on Wi-Fi during this period. Time spent on Wi-Fi by visitors ranged from 64.3% in Greece to 70.2% in Cyprus. Visitors to Slovenia, Luxembourg and Belgium as a destination country spent the least amount of time on Wi-Fi at 25.7%, 30.8% and 35.8%, respectively.

Are you interested in more data on roaming performance? Read more here!

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Maria Gómez | March 2, 2020

Mobile and Fixed Broadband Speeds and 4G Availability in Spain

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We investigated Spain’s fixed broadband and mobile network performance, 4G Availability, how Spain’s speeds and coverage compare with neighboring European countries and the performance and 4G Availability of top providers in Spain’s ten largest cities during Q3-Q4 2019. In addition to ranking Spain’s providers by top speeds and coverage, we also analyzed the effects of mobile plans with speed caps on Speedtest® results and ranked the providers on consistency of their network performance.

Spain and France were the fastest on our list for fixed broadband

We compared Spain’s fixed broadband performance at the country level to several other western European countries during Q3-Q4 2019. Spain was well positioned for mean download speed on fixed broadband at 113.72 Mbps, second only to France’s 119.37 Mbps. Spain had the fastest mean upload speed on this list at 103.72 Mbps. Italy had the slowest mean download speed on this list at 56.72 Mbps while the United Kingdom had the slowest mean upload speed at 18.28 Mbps.

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France showed the highest increase in mean download speed during Q3-Q4 2019 at 21.5%, followed by Portugal and Italy at 15.4% and Spain at 14.5%. Speeds remained relatively flat for this period for Italy, the U.K. and Germany.

An examination of latency over fixed broadband during Q3-Q4 2019 revealed a very different performance order. Portugal had the lowest latency during this period at 16 ms. Germany and the U.K. were tied for second at 23 ms. Spain was third (25 ms), Italy fourth (30 ms) and France fifth (32 ms).

Spain ranks fourth for mobile download speed

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Spain did not rank as well for mean download speed over mobile as they did on fixed broadband, coming in fourth with 33.97 Mbps during Q3-Q4 2019. This was 22.8% slower than first-place France. However, Spain showed the fastest mean upload speeds on mobile at 13.12 Mbps during Q3-Q4 2019.

Portugal saw the largest increase in mobile download speed during Q3-Q4 2019 at 18.4%. Spain’s mean download speed over mobile increased only 6.7% during this period. France showed the smallest increase in mobile download speed at 2.8%.

As we saw on fixed broadband, Portugal had the lowest mobile latency at 32 ms. Germany was second at 41 ms, France third at 43 ms, the U.K. fourth at 44 ms, Spain fifth at 47 ms and Italy last at 52 ms.

United Kingdom and Spain lead in 4G Availability

We used data from Speedtest coverage scans on Android to compare 4G Availability in each market during Q3-Q4 2019. While the U.K. showed the highest 4G Availability at 88.8%, Spain tied for a very close second, with 4G available in 87.7% of tested locations. Germany had the lowest 4G Availability at 72.1% during this period.

4G Availability in Major European Markets

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

Country	4G Availability
United Kingdom	88.8%
Spain	87.7%
France	87.7%
Italy	86.7%
Portugal	85.0%
Germany	72.1%

Looking specifically at Spain’s top mobile providers, Orange had the highest 4G Availability at 88.1%. Movistar was second, Yoigo third, and Vodafone fourth.

4G Availability by Provider in Spain

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

Provider	4G Availability
Orange	88.1%
Movistar	87.7%
Yoigo	87.4%
Vodafone	86.1%

Spain’s 5G deployments are expanding

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The excitement for 5G is evident in Spain. Vodafone had commercially available 5G deployments in a total of 18 Spanish cities as of February 13, 2020, including Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Málaga and Bilbao. Speedtest data reveals the mean download speed on 5G for Spain in Q3-Q4 2019 was 350.68 Mbps — an order of magnitude faster than the national average for mobile download speed — and the mean upload speed over 5G was 31.82 Mbps. Mean latency over 5G in Spain was 27 ms during Q3-Q4 2019.

MÁSMÓVIL was Spain’s fastest fixed broadband provider

Using Speed Score^™, a metric that combines measures of download and upload speed, to compare top ISPs in Spain during Q3-Q4 2019, we found that MÁSMÓVIL led with a score of 133.75 on fixed broadband. Orange was in second place with 115.25, followed by Vodafone (105.07) and Movistar (103.01).

Fixed Broadband Performance by Provider in Spain

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

Provider	Speed Score^TM
MÁSMÓVIL	133.75
Orange	115.25
Vodafone	105.07
Movistar	103.01

Movistar was Spain’s fastest mobile operator

Movistar had the highest Speed Score among Spain’s mobile operators during Q3-Q4 2019 at 37.76. Orange was second at 33.02, Vodafone third at 26.34 and Yoigo fourth at 22.43. As we will discuss below, overall speed performance can be impacted by the speed caps and tariff plans that are in place in Spain.

Mobile Performance by Operator in Spain

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

Provider	Speed Score^TM
Movistar	37.76
Orange	33.02
Vodafone	26.34
Yoigo	22.43

Speed capping affects overall performance

Speed capping, a limit of service imposed onto an internet connection by an operator, allows operators to also offer plans that focus on affordability rather than maximum performance.
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The chart above shows how Vodafone’s introduction of subscription plans that use speed capping affected the distribution of download speeds. While those plans (with caps at 2 Mbps and 10 Mbps, respectively) were available starting in April, we don’t see the true effect on average speeds until May and June when the 0-5 Mbps and 10-15 Mbps buckets start to spike. We’ve only showed bins up to 60 Mbps to make this and the following graphs more legible.

In contrast, we see more even distributions of download speeds among all other mobile operators in Spain.
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MÁSMÓVIL and Movistar (mobile) offer the most consistent speeds

Speed is important, but if those speeds are inconsistent, it becomes difficult for users to reliably use their devices to stream HD video, browse the web or use online gaming. We used Speedtest data to calculate each top provider’s APS (Acceptable Performance Score) in Spain during Q3-Q4 2019.

APS for fixed broadband measures the percentage of samples that equal or exceed a download speed of 25 Mbps and also equal or exceed an upload speed of 3 Mbps. MÁSMÓVIL provided the most consistent experience in Spain on fixed broadband in Q3-Q4 2019 with an APS of 81.6%. Movistar was in last place with an APS of 61.9%.

Speed Consistency by Provider on Fixed Broadband

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

Provider	APS
MÁSMÓVIL	81.6%
Orange	75.1%
Vodafone	73.5%
Movistar	61.9%

APS on mobile measures the percentage of samples that equal or exceed a download speed of 5 Mbps and also equal or exceed an upload speed of 1 Mbps. Movistar took the top spot for consistency on mobile broadband with an APS of 88.9%. Vodafone had the lowest consistency score with an APS of 79.8%.

Speed Consistency by Operator on Mobile

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

Provider	APS
Movistar	88.9%
Orange	84.3%
Yoigo	82.6%
Vodafone	79.8%

Madrid led fixed and mobile broadband speeds

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We used Speedtest data from 2,183,336 user-initiated tests to investigate internet speeds in Spain’s ten most populous cities during Q3-Q4 2019. Madrid had the fastest mean download speeds on both fixed broadband and mobile.

Mean download speeds on fixed broadband ranged from 141.87 Mbps in Madrid to 91.66 Mbps in Las Palmas de la Gran Canaria, a 35.4% difference. Madrid also had the fastest mean upload speed over fixed broadband at 145.08 Mbps. Oviedo took the last place in upload speeds on fixed broadband with a 61.4% slower upload speed than Madrid.

Oviedo had the lowest latency over fixed broadband of the cities on our list during Q3-Q4 2019 at 15 ms. Málaga had the highest latency at 28 ms.
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The gap between fastest and slowest speeds between Spanish cities on mobile broadband was similar to what we saw fixed broadband during Q3-Q4 2019. Madrid once again led in performance on mobile broadband with a mean download speed of 44.35 Mbps and a mean upload speed of 15.89 Mbps. Las Palmas was in last place on download speeds with a 37.9% slower mean download speed than Madrid. Valencia had the slowest mean upload speed over mobile at 13.86 Mbps. Seville had the lowest latency over mobile at 36 ms during Q3-Q4 2019 and Las Palmas had the highest mobile latency at 73 ms.

Zaragoza led 4G Availability in Spain’s most populous cities

4G Availability in Spain’s Largest Cities

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

City	4G Availability
Zaragoza	97.2%
Valencia	97.1%
Seville	96.8%
Málaga	96.7%
Oviedo	95.4%
Madrid	95.1%
Las Palmas de la Gran Canaria	95.0%
Alicante	94.6%
Bilbao	94.3%
Barcelona	87.7%

4G Availability was higher in Spain’s largest cities than the country’s average, with Zaragoza having the highest 4G Availability at 97.2% of tested locations. Barcelona had the lowest 4G Availability on our list at 87.7%.

MÁSMÓVIL was fastest fixed broadband provider in 6 cities

Looking specifically at Speed Score in individual Spanish cities during Q3-Q4 2019, we found MÁSMÓVIL was the fastest provider in six cities: Málaga, Seville, Zaragoza, Madrid, Valencia and Alicante. Adamo, the fastest fixed provider in Barcelona, had the highest Speed Score on the list at 185.29. Vodafone was the fastest provider in Bilbao and Oviedo.

Fixed Broadband Performance by Operator in Spain’s Largest Cities

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

City	Provider	Speed Score^TM
Barcelona	Adamo	185.29
Málaga	MÁSMÓVIL	156.24
Seville	MÁSMÓVIL	148.78
Madrid	MÁSMÓVIL	145.83
Bilbao	Vodafone	144.65
Zaragoza	MÁSMÓVIL	144.40
Oviedo	Vodafone	143.85
Valencia	MÁSMÓVIL	143.99
Alicante	MÁSMÓVIL	143.72
Las Palmas	Orange	114.46

Looking at the fastest Spanish providers on mobile broadband for each city during Q3-Q4 2019, Movistar dominated the list with the fastest Speed Score in 7 cities. Movistar also had the highest Speed Score overall at 52.04 in Seville. Vodafone was the fastest mobile provider in Madrid (35.67). Orange was the fastest provider in Barcelona (35.37) and Oviedo (45.10).

Mobile Performance by Operator in Spain’s Largest Cities

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Q3-Q4 2019

City	Provider	Speed Score^TM
Seville	Movistar	52.04
Valencia	Movistar	50.80
Alicante	Movistar	50.36
Málaga	Movistar	48.97
Bilbao	Movistar	48.86
Oviedo	Orange	45.10
Zaragoza	Movistar	40.79
Madrid	Vodafone	35.67
Las Palmas	Movistar	35.37
Barcelona	Vodafone	31.37

We look forward to following these markets and investigating the changing landscape of internet performance and mobile coverage in Europe. Want to learn more about fixed and mobile speeds in different markets? Click here to read more Ookla Research.

Editor’s note: This article was updated on March 4, 2020 to correct an editing error that incorrectly reported the figures for mobile APS.

Velocidades de banda ancha fija y móvil, y disponibilidad de 4G en España

Hemos investigado el rendimiento de la banda ancha fija y móvil, así como la disponibilidad de 4G en España. También hemos comparado las velocidades y la cobertura españolas con las de los países europeos vecinos, así como el rendimiento y la disponibilidad de 4G de los principales proveedores de las diez ciudades más grandes de España en el segundo semestre de 2019. Además de clasificar a los proveedores españoles por su velocidad y cobertura máximas, también hemos analizado los efectos de los planes móviles con limitaciones de velocidad basándonos en los resultados de Speedtest® y hemos clasificado a los proveedores según la constancia del rendimiento de sus redes.

España y Francia fueron los países más rápidos de nuestra lista de banda ancha fija

Hemos comparado el rendimiento de la banda ancha fija de España a nivel de país con varios otros países de la Europa occidental en el segundo semestre de 2019. España obtuvo una buena posición en cuanto a velocidad de descarga media en banda ancha fija, con 113,72 Mbps, en segundo lugar solo después de los 119,37 Mbps de Francia. España registró la velocidad de subida media más alta de esta lista: 103,72 Mbps. Italia obtuvo la velocidad de descarga media más baja de esta lista, 56,72 Mbps, mientras que el Reino Unido registró la velocidad de subida media más baja, 18,28 Mbps.

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Francia registró el mayor aumento en la velocidad de descarga media del segundo semestre de 2019, con el 21,5 %, seguida de Portugal y Italia, con el 15,4 %, y España, con el 14,5 %. Las velocidades se mantuvieron relativamente invariables durante este periodo en Italia, Reino Unido y Alemania.

Un análisis de la latencia en banda ancha fija en el segundo semestre de 2019 reveló una clasificación por rendimiento muy distinta. Portugal se anotó la latencia más baja de este periodo: 16 ms. Alemania y Reino Unido empataron en el segundo puesto con 23 ms. España resultó tercera (25 ms), Italia cuarta (30 ms) y Francia quinta (32 ms).

España, cuarto país en velocidad de descarga en Internet móvil

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La clasificación de España en velocidad de descarga media por móvil no fue tan buena como la de banda ancha fija, quedándose con un cuarto puesto con 33,97 Mbps en el segundo semestre de 2019. Esto supuso una velocidad un 22,8 % más lenta que la del primer país clasificado, Francia. Sin embargo, España registró las velocidades de subida medias más altas en Internet móvil, con 13,12 Mbps en el segundo semestre de 2019.

Portugal experimentó el mayor aumento en velocidad de descarga de Internet móvil en el segundo semestre de 2019, el 18,4 %. La velocidad de descarga media de España en Internet móvil aumentó solo un 6,7 % en este periodo. Francia registró el menor aumento de velocidad de descarga de Internet móvil, un 2,8 %.

Como vimos en la banda ancha fija, la latencia móvil más baja fue la de Portugal, con 32 ms. Alemania fue segunda con 41 ms, Francia tercera con 43 ms, Reino Unido cuarto con 44 ms, España quinta con 47 ms e Italia última con 52 ms.

Reino Unido y España, líderes en disponibilidad de 4G

Utilizamos datos de exploraciones de cobertura de Speedtest en Android para comparar la disponibilidad de 4G en cada mercado en el segundo semestre de 2019. Mientras que el Reino Unido mostró la mayor disponibilidad de 4G con el 88,8 %, España y Francia ocuparon el segundo lugar, con 4G disponible en el 87,7 % de las ubicaciones probadas. Durante ese período, Alemania tuvo la menor disponibilidad de 4G con un 72,1 %.

Disponibilidad de 4G en los principales mercados europeos

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

País	Disponibilidad de 4G
Reino Unido	88,8 %
España	87,7 %
Francia	87,7 %
Italia	86,7 %
Portugal	85,0 %
Alemania	72,1 %

Si nos fijamos específicamente en los principales proveedores móviles de España, Orange ofreció la mayor disponibilidad de 4G con un 88,1 %. Movistar fue segundo, Yoigo tercero, y Vodafone cuarto.

Disponibilidad de 4G por proveedor en España

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

Proveedor	Disponibilidad de 4G
Orange	88,1 %
Movistar	87,7 %
Yoigo	87,4 %
Vodafone	86,1 %

Los despliegues de 5G en España se están expandiendo

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El entusiasmo por el 5G es evidente en España. Vodafone desplegó 5G comercialmente disponible en un total de 18 ciudades españolas a fecha del 13 de febrero de 2020, incluidas Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Málaga y Bilbao. Los datos de Speedtest revelan que en España la velocidad media de descarga en 5G en el segundo semestre de 2019 fue de 350,68 Mbps (velocidad superior a la media nacional para Internet móvil) y la velocidad de subida media por 5G fue de 31,82 Mbps. La latencia media por 5G en España fue de 27 ms en el segundo semestre de 2019.

MÁSMÓVIL fue el proveedor de banda ancha fija más rápido de España

Al utilizar Speed Score™, sistema que combina mediciones de velocidades de descarga y de subida, para comparar los principales proveedores de servicios de Internet de España en el segundo semestre de 2019, descubrimos que MÁSMÓVIL obtuvo los mejores resultados, con una puntuación de 133,75 en banda ancha fija. Orange ocupó el segundo lugar con 115,25, seguido de Vodafone (105,07) y Movistar (103,01).

Rendimiento de la banda ancha fija en España por proveedor

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

Proveedor	Speed Score^TM
MÁSMÓVIL	133,75
Orange	115,25
Vodafone	105,07
Movistar	103,01

Movistar fue el operador móvil más rápido de España

Movistar obtuvo la máxima puntuación de velocidad de entre los operadores móviles de España en el segundo semestre de 2019, con 37,76. Orange fue segundo con 33,02, Vodafone la tercera con 26,34 y Yoigo cuarta con 22,43. Como veremos más adelante, el rendimiento general de la velocidad puede verse afectado por los límites de velocidad y los planes de tarifas vigentes en España.

Rendimiento de Internet móvil en España por operador

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

Proveedor	Speed Score^TM
Movistar	37,76
Orange	33,02
Vodafone	26,34
Yoigo	22,43

La limitación de velocidad afecta al rendimiento general

La limitación de la velocidad, una restricción de servicio impuesta a una conexión de Internet por los operadores, permite a estos ofrecer también planes que se centren en la asequibilidad más que en el rendimiento máximo.
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En el gráfico anterior se muestra cómo los planes de suscripción con limitación de velocidad introducidos por Vodafone afectaron a la distribución de las velocidades de descarga. Aunque esos planes (con limitaciones de 2 Mbps y 10 Mbps, respectivamente) estaban disponibles desde abril, no vemos un efecto verdadero en las velocidades medias hasta mayo y junio cuando las medidas de 0-5 Mbps y 10-15 Mbps empiezan a sobresalir.

En cambio, en el resto de operadores móviles de España vemos distribuciones más uniformes de las velocidades de descarga.
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MÁSMÓVIL y Movistar (móvil) ofrecen las velocidades más constantes

La velocidad es importante, pero si no es constante, resulta difícil que los usuarios utilicen sus dispositivos con fiabilidad para transmitir vídeo de alta definición, navegar por la web o jugar en línea. Utilizamos los datos de Speedtest para calcular la PRA (puntuación de rendimiento aceptable) de cada uno de los principales proveedores de España durante el segundo semestre de 2019.

La PRA de banda ancha fija mide el porcentaje de muestras que igualan o superan una velocidad de descarga de 25 Mbps y que también igualan o superan una velocidad de subida de 3 Mbps. MÁSMÓVIL proporcionó el mayor nivel de constancia de España en banda ancha fija en el segundo semestre de 2019 con una PRA de 81,6 %. Movistar quedó en último lugar con una PRA del 61,9 %.

Constancia de velocidad por proveedor en banda ancha fija

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

Proveedor	PRA
MÁSMÓVIL	81,6 %
Orange	75,1 %
Vodafone	73,5 %
Movistar	61,9 %

La PRA de Internet móvil mide el porcentaje de muestras que igualan o superan una velocidad de descarga de 5 Mbps y que también igualan o superan una velocidad de subida de 1 Mbps. Movistar ocupó el primer lugar en constancia de banda ancha móvil con una PRA del 88,9 %, Vodafone obtuvo la puntuación más baja en constancia con una PRA del 79,8 %.

Constancia de velocidad por operador en Internet móvil

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

Proveedor	PRA
Movistar	88,9 %
Orange	84,3 %
Yoigo	82,6 %
Vodafone	79,8 %

Madrid lideró las velocidades de banda ancha fija y móvil

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Para estudiar las velocidades de Internet de las diez ciudades más pobladas de España en el segundo semestre de 2019 utilizamos los datos de Speedtest de 2.183.336 pruebas realizadas por los usuarios. Madrid registró las velocidades medias de descarga más altas tanto en banda ancha fija como en Internet móvil.

Las velocidades medias de descarga por banda ancha fija oscilaron entre los 141,87 Mbps de Madrid y los 91,66 Mbps de Las Palmas de la Gran Canaria, una diferencia del 35,4 %. Madrid registró también la velocidad de subida media más alta por banda ancha fija, con 145,08 Mbps. Oviedo ocupó el último lugar en velocidad de subida por banda ancha fija con un 61,4 % menos de velocidad de subida que Madrid.

Oviedo tuvo la menor latencia en banda ancha fija de las ciudades de nuestra lista durante el segundo semestre de 2019, con 15 ms. Málaga registró la latencia más alta, con 28 ms.
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La brecha entre las velocidades más rápidas y más lentas de las ciudades españolas por banda ancha móvil fue similar a la que apreciamos en la banda ancha fija en el segundo semestre de 2019. Madrid volvió a liderar el rendimiento de la banda ancha móvil con una velocidad media de descarga de 44,35 Mbps y una velocidad media de subida de 15,89 Mbps. Las Palmas quedó en último lugar en velocidades de descarga con un 37,9 % menos de velocidad media de descarga que Madrid. Valencia registró la velocidad de subida media más baja por Internet móvil: 13,86 Mbps. Sevilla obtuvo la menor latencia por Internet móvil con 36 ms en el segundo semestre de 2019 y Las Palmas registró la mayor latencia por Internet móvil con 73 ms.

Zaragoza lideró la disponibilidad de 4G en las ciudades españolas más pobladas

Disponibilidad de 4G en las ciudades más grandes de España

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

Ciudad	Disponibilidad de 4G
Zaragoza	97,2 %
Valencia	97,1 %
Sevilla	96,8 %
Málaga	96,7 %
Oviedo	95,4 %
Madrid	95,1 %
Las Palmas de la Gran Canaria	95,0 %
Alicante	94,6 %
Bilbao	94,3 %
Barcelona	87,7 %

La disponibilidad de 4G en las ciudades más grandes de España superó el promedio del país, siendo Zaragoza la de mayor disponibilidad de 4G con el 97,2 % de las ubicaciones analizadas. Barcelona tuvo la menor disponibilidad de 4G de nuestra lista, con el 87,7 %.

MÁSMÓVIL fue el proveedor de banda ancha fija más rápido de 6 ciudades

Si nos fijamos específicamente en la puntuación de velocidad en cada una de las ciudades españolas en el segundo semestre de 2019, vemos que MÁSMÓVIL fue el proveedor más rápido en seis ciudades: Málaga, Sevilla, Zaragoza, Madrid, Valencia y Alicante. Adamo, el proveedor fijo más rápido de Barcelona, consiguió la puntuación de velocidad más alta de la lista con 185,29. Vodafone fue el proveedor más rápido en Bilbao y Oviedo.

Rendimiento de la banda ancha fija por operador en las ciudades más grandes de España

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

Ciudad	Proveedor	Speed Score^TM
Barcelona	Adamo	185,29
Málaga	MÁSMÓVIL	156,24
Sevilla	MÁSMÓVIL	148,78
Madrid	MÁSMÓVIL	145,83
Bilbao	Vodafone	144,65
Zaragoza	MÁSMÓVIL	144,40
Valencia	MÁSMÓVIL	143,99
Oviedo	Vodafone	143,85
Alicante	MÁSMÓVIL	143,72
Las Palmas	Orange	114,46

Si nos fijamos en los proveedores españoles más rápidos en banda ancha móvil de cada ciudad en el segundo semestre de 2019, Movistar dominó la lista con la puntuación de velocidad más alta en 7 ciudades. Movistar consiguió también la puntuación de velocidad máxima, con 52,04 en Sevilla. Vodafone fue el proveedor de Internet móvil más rápido en Madrid (35,67). Orange fue el proveedor más rápido de Barcelona (35,37) y Oviedo (45,10).

Rendimiento de Internet móvil por operador en las ciudades más grandes de España

Speedtest Intelligence^® | Segundo semestre de 2019

Ciudad	Proveedor	Speed Score^TM
Sevilla	Movistar	52,04
Valencia	Movistar	50,80
Alicante	Movistar	50,36
Málaga	Movistar	48,97
Bilbao	Movistar	48,86
Oviedo	Orange	45,10
Zaragoza	Movistar	40,79
Madrid	Vodafone	35,67
Barcelona	Orange	35,37
Las Palmas	Movistar	31,37

Nos encantará seguir la evolución de estos mercados y estudiar el cambiante panorama del rendimiento de Internet y de la cobertura móvil en Europa. Si desea obtener más información sobre las velocidades fijas y móviles en diferentes mercados, haga clic aquí para leer más información de Ookla.

Nota del editor: Este artículo fue actualizado el 4 de marzo del 2020 que para corregir un error de edición que reportaba cifras incorrectas del PRA móvil.

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For the first time in 13 months, Switzerland fell out of the top 10 for fixed broadband (to 11th).

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How COVID-19 Affected Roaming for Mobile Speeds in Europe

Roaming might seem like an unusual topic in a time when inter-country travel has been largely prohibited, but we wanted to build on our previous analysis to see how roaming performance and behaviors evolved over the past year. This analysis examines Speedtest data from Android devices in the European Union (E.U.) and the United Kingdom (U.K.) from Q1 2020 through Q1 2021. We’ve included the U.K. to maintain continuity with pre-Brexit reports.

Roaming speeds were slower in most European countries in Q1 2021

Speedtest Intelligence® again showed that consumers who are roaming outside their home countries often experience slower speeds. During Q1 2021, 19 out of the 26 European countries with statistically viable roaming sample sizes experienced slower median roaming download speeds than median local download speeds. Cyprus and Malta had too few roaming samples to be included in this year’s analysis for Q1 2021.

For the seven countries that saw increased speeds, Latvians experienced the largest increase in median download speed when roaming elsewhere in Europe at 23.4%, which was followed closely by Estonia (22.8%) and Ireland (19.5%). Greece, Romania and Slovenia saw increases of more than 5%. The U.K. saw about the same speeds roaming and locally with an increase of only 0.5% when roaming. Hungary also saw comparable roaming download speeds to local speeds with a decrease of only 0.5% when roaming.

Median Local vs. Roaming Download Speeds in Europe

Speedtest Intelligence® | Q1 2021

Country	Local Download (Mbps)	Roaming Download (Mbps)	% Change
Austria	36.19	26.13	-27.8%
Belgium	43.90	27.52	-37.3%
Bulgaria	61.76	29.74	-51.8%
Croatia	48.23	31.3	-35.1%
Czechia	31.35	19.74	-37.0%
Denmark	50.11	22.18	-55.7%
Estonia	34.34	42.16	22.8%
Finland	43.02	31.68	-26.4%
France	34.68	29.62	-14.6%
Germany	27.56	20.14	-26.9%
Greece	32.38	35.51	9.7%
Hungary	28.66	28.51	-0.5%
Ireland	14.99	17.91	19.5%
Italy	25.24	21.66	-14.2%
Latvia	22.69	28.00	23.4%
Lithuania	33.66	30.80	-8.5%
Luxembourg	40.65	26.31	-35.3%
Netherlands	77.52	26.48	-65.8%
Poland	26.51	23.13	-12.7%
Portugal	26.16	23.74	-9.3%
Romania	25.12	26.80	6.7%
Slovakia	23.79	20.94	-12.0%
Slovenia	27.63	29.58	7.1%
Spain	23.78	18.21	-23.4%
Sweden	38.26	23.16	-39.5%
United Kingdom	27.96	28.09	0.5%

Every other country on our list saw decreases in median download speeds of 8.5% or more while roaming, with customers from the Netherlands experiencing the largest drop (65.8%) from a local speed of 77.52 Mbps to 26.48 Mbps while roaming. Customers from Denmark and Bulgaria experienced roaming speeds less than half of what they’re accustomed to at home with decreases of 55.7% and 51.8%, respectively.

Roaming decreased during the pandemic while speeds increased

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended countless lives with multiple lockdowns throughout 2020 and 2021 and severe limits to movement across borders. Data from Speedtest Intelligence reflects this decrease in roaming with roaming samples markedly down when comparing Q1 2021 to Q1 2020. We saw the most roaming samples during Q3 2020 and Q1 2020, which corresponds to increased lockdowns and movement restrictions in Q2 and Q4 2020 in response to the first and second waves of the pandemic.

Roaming speeds for all European countries combined increased 6.9% between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021, though the increase was not linear. Median download speed while roaming decreased from 22.89 Mbps in Q1 2020 to 22.09 in Q2 2020 and slipped down to 20.68 Mbps in Q3 2020. Roaming speeds began to increase in Q4 2020 with the median download speed rising to 23.42 Mbps, and Q1 2021 saw a further increase to 24.47 Mbps.

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Estonia saw the biggest year-over-year increase in median roaming download speed, Slovakia and Italy saw the largest decrease

Median European Roaming Download Speeds

Speedtest Intelligence® | Q1 2020 – Q1 2021

Country	Q1 2020 Download (Mbps)	Q1 2021 Download (Mbps)	% Change
Europe (All Countries Combined)	22.89	24.47	6.9%
Austria	24.39	26.13	7.1%
Belgium	23.78	27.52	15.7%
Bulgaria	22.81	29.74	30.4%
Croatia	29.28	31.30	6.9%
Czechia	20.23	19.74	-2.4%
Denmark	21.38	22.18	3.7%
Estonia	27.82	42.16	51.5%
Finland	32.18	31.68	-1.6%
France	24.57	29.62	20.6%
Germany	20.74	20.14	-2.9%
Greece	41.07	35.51	-13.5%
Hungary	25.10	28.51	13.6%
Ireland	22.08	17.91	-18.9%
Italy	26.98	21.66	-19.7%
Latvia	26.38	28.00	6.1%
Lithuania	22.60	30.80	36.3%
Luxembourg	18.82	26.31	39.8%
Netherlands	18.39	26.48	44.0%
Poland	17.01	23.13	36.0%
Portugal	23.78	23.74	-0.2%
Romania	23.64	26.80	13.4%
Slovakia	26.16	20.94	-20.0%
Slovenia	25.30	29.58	16.9%
Spain	15.05	18.21	21.0%
Sweden	21.36	23.16	8.4%
United Kingdom	29.48	28.09	-4.7%

2020 also posed many challenges for telecom operators around the world as customers shifted use patterns. Despite these challenges, many Europeans saw increases in median roaming speeds year-over-year. In fact, customers in 17 out of the 26 countries analyzed saw faster download speeds while roaming elsewhere in Europe when comparing Q1 2020 to Q1 2021. Estonians saw the largest increase at 51.5% (from 27.82 Mbps to 42.16 Mbps), the Netherlands was next with a 44.0% jump (from 18.39 Mbps to 26.48 Mbps) and Luxembourg saw a 39.8% increase in download speed (from 18.82 Mbps to 26.31 Mbps).

Countries whose customers experienced year-over-year decreases in median downloads speed while roaming include Slovakia (20.0% decrease), Italy (19.7%), Ireland (18.9%), Greece (13.5%), the U.K. (4.7%), Germany (2.9%), Czechia (2.4%), Finland (1.6%) and Portugal (0.2%).

While the year-over-year change is an interesting baseline metric, it’s also important to note only Denmark, Germany, Poland and Spain had consistently slower median roaming download speeds than the European average during every quarter from Q1 2020 to Q1 2021. Every other country had at least one quarter where speeds were faster than the European average.

Outbound roaming speeds varied drastically from country to country from Q1 2020 to Q1 2021

Roaming speeds are heavily dependent on agreements between individual operators, which means they can vary dramatically by country and by operator. We looked closely at outbound roaming for individual countries to see how different countries’ networks performed during COVID-19 lockdowns.

Customers from the Netherlands roaming in France saw the fastest median roaming download speed in all of Europe during Q1 2021 at 70.46 Mbps. Customers from Germany roaming in Portugal experienced the slowest median roaming download speed during Q3 2020 at 0.42 Mbps.

Here were some of the fastest roaming speeds from select countries to other countries within Europe between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021:

Netherlands to France (70.46 Mbps in Q1 2021)
Bulgaria to the U.K. (58.21 Mbps in Q4 2020)
Netherlands to Poland (55.77 Mbps in Q1 2021)
Denmark to Sweden (40.46 Mbps in Q4 2020)
Finland to Estonia (48.41 Mbps in Q1 2020)

Here were some of the slowest roaming speeds between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021:

Germany to Portugal (0.42 Mbps in Q3 2020)
Czechia to France (4.98 Mbps in Q3 2020)
France to Portugal (5.54 Mbps in Q3 2020)
Hungary to France (5.95 Mbps in Q3 2020)
Poland to Belgium (7.59 Mbps in Q1 2020)

We’ll continue to watch roaming speeds over the next year to see how roaming changes as more countries reopen and travel picks up again. If you’re interested in learning more about roaming speeds for your business or country, please click here.

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Josh Fomon | July 15, 2021

Speedtest Global Index Market Analyses Now Available for 37 Countries

Speedtest Global Index^TM Market Analyses from Ookla® identify key data about internet performance in countries across the world. This quarter we’ve provided updated analyses for 37 markets that includes details on fastest mobile and fixed broadband providers, performance of most popular devices and chipsets and internet speeds in cities. Click a country on the list below to see highlights or scroll through the article to learn what Speedtest Intelligence® revealed in all 37 markets:

Africa and the Middle East

Algeria

For the second quarter in a row, mobile provider Ooredoo had the highest Speed Score^™ (24.27) and Consistency Score^™ (84.5%) in Algeria during Q2 2021.
Apple devices achieved a mean download speed of 26.37 Mbps during Q2 2021, 26.4% faster than Apple’s speeds in Q1 2021 (20.86 Mbps).
The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G was the fastest popular device in Algeria with a mean download speed of 38.15 Mbps.

Jordan
Fixed broadband provider Orange had the highest Speed Score (70.99) and Consistency Score (72.6%) in Jordan during Q2 2021.
Umniah achieved the fastest mobile Speed Score at 34.28 and best Consistency Score at 93.4%.
Amman had the fastest median fixed broadband download and upload speeds among the most populous cities in Jordan at 43.27 Mbps and 40.29 Mbps, respectively.
Among popular mobile devices, Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G narrowly beat out the iPhone 12 Pro 5G for fastest median download and upload speeds at 36.06 Mbps and 17.90 Mbps.

Kenya
Mobile provider Safaricom had the highest Speed Score (27.54) and Consistency Score (84.0%) in Kenya during Q2 2021, though both these scores were slightly lower than in Q1 2021.
For fixed broadband, Faiba was the provider that had the best Speed Score (23.19) and Consistency Score (43.9%) in Kenya during Q2 2021.
Mombasa had the fastest mean mobile download and upload speeds in Kenya’s most populous cities at 32.12 Mbps and 17.13 Mbps, respectively.
Eldoret had the fastest mean fixed broadband download speed in Kenya during Q2 2021 at 23.68 Mbps. Nairobi dropped three places from the fastest city for mean fixed broadband download speed during Q1 2021.

Morocco
Fixed broadband provider Orange beat out Q1 2021 winner Maroc Telecom for fastest provider in Morocco with a Speed Score of 19.27, a 35.0% increase from Q1 2021.
For fixed broadband, Maroc Telecom continued to have the best Consistency Score at 32.4% during Q2 2021.
On mobile, Maroc Telecom achieved the best Speed Score (59.24) and Consistency Score (92.6%) during Q2 2021.
Salé surpassed Marrakesh as the fastest city among Morocco’s most populous cities with the fastest mobile download and upload speeds at 40.78 Mbps and 13.80 Mbps, respectively.

Nigeria
For the second quarter in a row, mobile provider Airtel had the fastest Speed Score in Nigeria at 28.82 during Q2 2021. While MTN was second, it improved its Speed Score 37.9% quarter over quarter, 18.70 to 25.78.
MTN edged out Airtel’s Q1 2021 top spot for best Consistency Score on mobile during Q2 2021, 83.4% to Airtel’s 82.5%.
Fixed broadband provider ipNX continued to have the best Speed Score (19.25) and Consistency Score (39.6%) in Nigeria during Q2 2021.
Port Harcourt continued to have the best mobile mean download speeds of any Nigerian city at 26.34 Mbps, but Kano made huge strides forward, improving its download speed by 61.8% over Q1 2021.

Qatar
Ooredoo had the best mobile and fixed broadband Speed Scores in Qatar during Q2 2021 at 149.01 and 69.45, respectively.
5G performance was extremely competitive with Ooredoo achieving the fastest median 5G download speed at 393.89 Mbps, while Vodafone achieved 354.27 Mbps.
Ooredoo also had the best fixed broadband Consistency Score at 81.5%.
Vodafone had the best mobile Consistency Score at 93.7%, edging out Ooredoo’s 92.9%.
Umm Salal Muhammed had the fastest median mobile and fixed broadband download speeds in Qatar at 147.65 Mbps and 80.57 Mbps, respectively.
Speedtest Intelligence reveals that among popular devices, Samsung’s Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G achieved the fastest median mobile download speed at 284.32 Mbps, edging out Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G (278.42 Mbps).

South Africa
Speedtest Intelligence shows Cool Ideas had the fastest fixed broadband Speed Score (45.76) and Consistency Score (65.4%) during Q2 2021. That was an increase in Speed Score of 21.1% from Q1 2021.
Among mobile providers, MTN had the fastest Speed Score (60.44) and best Consistency Score (90.5%).
Apple devices had the fastest combined mean download speed at 52.59 Mbps and fastest mean upload speed at 12.22 Mbps during Q2 2021. The iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G took top honors as the fastest popular device, achieving a mean download speed of 93.36 Mbps.
Johannesburg had the fastest mean fixed broadband and mobile download speeds during Q2 2021 at 61.85 Mbps and 58.06 Mbps, respectively.

Tunisia
During Q2 2021, Ooredoo achieved the highest mobile Speed Score in Tunisia at 46.47.
Tunisie Telecom edged out Ooredoo for the highest fixed broadband Speed Score with 9.07 and 8.28, respectively.
Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G had the fastest mean download speed in Tunisia among popular devices during Q2 2021 at 73.21 Mbps.
Among popular chipsets, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 5G had the fastest mean download speed at 70.43 Mbps.
Sfax had the fastest mean mobile download speed in Tunisia during Q2 2021 at 45.53 Mbps.

Turkey
Speedtest Intelligence revealed mobile provider Turkcell had the highest Speed Score and Consistency Score in Turkey during Q2 2021 at 61.39 and 93.2%, respectively.
For fixed broadband, Turksat Kablo had the highest Speed Score (35.67).
During Q2 2021, Turknet had the highest Consistency Score for fixed broadband at 66.6%.
Istanbul had the fastest mean fixed broadband and mobile download speed at 40.16 Mbps and 50.21 Mbps, respectively.
Among top device manufacturers, Apple beat out Samsung for fastest mean download speed at 51.62 Mbps to 41.69 Mbps.

Asia and Oceania

China
According to Speedtest Intelligence, China Telecom was the fastest fixed broadband provider in China during Q2 2021 with a Speed Score of 117.02, 9.3% higher than Q1 2021.
However, China Mobile continued to have the highest Consistency Score in China for fixed broadband during Q2 2021 at 90.0%, edging out China Telecom’s 86.8% and China Unicom’s 86.5%.
China Mobile achieved the highest Speed Score (113.06) and Consistency Score (92.1%) among China’s top mobile providers during Q2 2021.
During Q2 2021, China Telecom achieved a median 5G download speed of 304.55 Mbps, edging out China Mobile’s 303.44 Mbps. China Unicom was third at 292.04 Mbps.
Among top device manufacturers, Huawei had the fastest median download speed at 86.33 Mbps in China during Q2 2021. Vivo followed at 56.68 Mbps, then Xiaomi (56.48 Mbps), Oppo (55.35 Mbps) and Apple (49.65 Mbps).
Among popular devices, Huawei also dominated. The Huawei P40 Pro 5G had the fastest median download speed in China during Q2 2021 at 287.18 Mbps.
During Q2 2021, Huawei’s Kirin 9000 5G was the fastest chipset in China, achieving a median download speed of 284.74 Mbps.
Tianjin had the fastest median fixed broadband download speed among China’s most populous cities at 199.91 Mbps, 10.7% faster than its first place Q1 2021 results.
Hangzhou had the fastest median mobile download speed among China’s most populous cities at 72.97 Mbps, followed closely by Shenzhen at 70.74 Mbps and Nanjing at 69.22 Mbps.

Hong Kong (SAR)
For the second quarter in a row, China Mobile Hong Kong was the fastest mobile operator in Hong Kong, earning a Speed Score of 72.21 in Q2 2021, 10.8% higher than Q1 2021.
China Mobile Hong Kong also blazed ahead of the competition for the fastest 5G download speed, achieving a median speed of 218.60 Mbps during Q2 2021, 7.2% faster than its Q1 2021 results. Mobile provider 3 followed at 165.35 Mbps, csl at 134.75 Mbps and SmarTone at 124.31 Mbps.
Among top manufacturers during Q2 2021, Samsung had the fastest median download speed at 44.68 Mbps.
Samsung devices also took the top four spots for fastest popular devices in Hong Kong during Q2 2021 with the Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G achieving the top spot at 124.25 Mbps, edging out the Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G’s 123.28 Mbps.
During Q2 2021, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 5G achieved the fastest median download speed among modern chipsets at 111.91 Mbps.

Indonesia
According to Speedtest Intelligence, Biznet was Indonesia’s fastest fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 40.66. MyRepublic was second at 35.63.
Biznet also had the highest Consistency Score in Indonesia during Q2 2021, edging out MyRepublic 66.6% to 63.5%.
Telkomsel was the fastest major mobile provider in Indonesia during Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 28.02. Telkomsel also achieved the top Consistency Score at 84.1%, beating out IM3 Ooredoo’s 83.5%.
Jakarta had the fastest mean fixed broadband download speed of Indonesia’s most populous cities at 32.86 Mbps, while Tangerang achieved the fastest mean mobile download speed at 24.69 Mbps.

Malaysia
During Q2 2021, Speedtest Intelligence reveals that TIME was the fastest fixed broadband provider in Malaysia, earning a Speed Score of 116.36. TIME also achieved the highest Consistency Score (86.7%).
On mobile, Digi edged out Maxis for the fastest mobile provider, earning a Speed Score of 30.20 to Maxis’ 29.92. U Mobile was third at 27.40.
Apple earned the top spot as Malaysia’s fastest device manufacturer during Q2 2021, with Apple devices achieving a mean download speed of 34.22 Mbps. Samsung was second at 28.77 Mbps and Huawei third at 27.68 Mbps.
Among Malaysia’s most populous cities, Nusajaya had the fastest mean fixed broadband speed during Q2 2021, achieving 125.88 Mbps download and 81.29 Mbps upload. Petaling Jaya was second, achieving 122.91 Mbps download and 82.56 Mbps upload.
Nusajaya also had the fastest mean mobile download speed at 38.51 Mbps during Q2 2021.

Singapore
Speedtest Intelligence shows ViewQuest was the fastest fixed broadband provider in Singapore in Q2 2021, achieving a Speed Score of 268.70.
During Q2 2021, Singtel was the fastest mobile provider in Singapore, achieving a Speed Score of 83.83.
Singtel also blew the competition away for fastest median 5G download speed at 189.55 Mbps during Q2 2021. M1 was second at 110.43 Mbps.
Apple edged out Samsung for fastest device manufacturer during Q2 2021, with Apple devices achieving a mean download speed of 87.66 Mbps to Samsung’s 85.48 Mbps. Oppo followed in third with 82.10 Mbps.

Taiwan
Speedtest Intelligence® reveals Chunghwa Telecom was the fastest mobile operator among top providers in Taiwan in Q2 2021 with a Speed Score of 66.47 on modern chipsets — edging out FarEasTone’s 64.46.
During Q2 2021, Chunghwa Telecom surpassed FarEasTone as the fastest 5G provider in Taiwan. Chunghwa Telecom achieved a blazing median download speed of 471.73 Mbps — 42.2% faster than its Q1 2021 median download speed.
FarEasTone had the highest Consistency Score in Taiwan during Q2 2021 at 92.1%. Chunghwa Telecom followed at 89.4% and Taiwan Mobile was third at 87.5%.
Among top device manufacturers during Q2 2021, Apple devices achieved the fastest mean download speed at 79.30 Mbps, edging out Oppo (77.53 Mbps) and Samsung (74.23 Mbps).
The Sony Xperia 1 II 5G had the fastest mean download speed at 235.44 Mbps during Q2 2021.

Vietnam
Viettel once again claimed the top spot as Vietnam’s fastest mobile and fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021, earning a mobile Speed Score of 44.16 and fixed broadband Speed Score of 66.77.
Viettel also achieved the best fixed broadband Consistency Score at 80.9%, tightly edging out FPT Telecom’s 80.0% and Vinaphone’s 79.6% for the fastest mean fixed broadband download speed
Vinaphone had the highest mobile Consistency Score at 94.1%.
Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro 5G had the fastest mean download speed at 99.43 Mbps.
Ho Chi Minh City overtook the top spot for the fastest mean fixed broadband download speed among Vietnam’s most populous cities with 77.14 Mbps (69.92 Mbps upload).
Hanoi edged out Ho Chi Minh City (43.70 Mbps) and Da Nang (43.22 Mbps) for fastest mean mobile download speed at 43.83 Mbps.

Europe

Austria
Magenta retained its top spot as Austria’s fastest fixed broadband provider, increasing its Speed Score 28.8% from Q1 2021 from 123.45 to 158.94 in Q2 2021.
Magenta also had the highest Consistency Score at 88.8% for fixed broadband in Q2 2021.
A1 was the fastest mobile provider in Austria during Q2 2021, achieving a Speed Score of 72.64. yesss! followed at 62.49.
For the second quarter in a row, yesss! narrowly edged out A1 for the highest mobile Consistency Score in Austria with yesss! achieving 93.7% and A1 achieving 93.4%. Magenta Telekom ad 3 followed at 90.5%.

Belgium
During Q2 2021 — much like Q1 2021 — Telenet and VOO had a fierce competition for Belgium’s fastest fixed broadband provider. However, Telenet earned the top spot again, achieving a Speed Score of 104.24 to VOO’s 102.64.
VOO also challenged Telenet for the highest Consistency Score for fixed broadband providers, but Telenet edged VOO out for the top place, 87.8% to 86.8%.
Among mobile providers, Telenet fended off competition from BASE as the fastest mobile provider, earning a mobile Speed Score of 72.34 to BASE’s 68.50.
Antwerp overtook Ghent for the fastest median fixed broadband download speed 81.31 Mbps to Ghent’s 80.13 Mbps.
However, Ghent retained its top place for fastest median mobile download speed among Belgium’s most populous cities achieving a median speed of 72.56 Mbps during Q2 2021.

Czechia
Speedtest Intelligence reveals T-Mobile was Czechia’s fastest mobile provider during Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 60.73.
However, Vodafone claimed the best mobile Consistency Score during Q2 2021, earning 94.6% to O2’s 91.1%.
There was no statistical winner for fastest median 5G download speed in Czechia during Q2 2021, though O2 achieved a median download speed of 128.01 Mbps and T-Mobile achieved 124.69 Mbps.
Vodafone dominated as Czechia’s fastest fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021. Vodafone achieved a Speed Score of 100.26.
Vodafone also had the best Consistency Score for fixed broadband during Q2 2021 at 79.4%.
Pilsen had the fastest mean fixed broadband speeds among Czechia’s most populous cities, achieving a mean download of 111.01 Mbps and a mean upload of 82.82 Mbps.

Denmark
During Q2 2021 in Denmark, Fastspeed was the fastest fixed broadband provider, earning a Speed Score of 303.16 — an increase of 47.7% from Q1 2021. Hiper was second at 231.14 and Fibia third at 164.80.
YouSee once again earned the top spot as Denmark’s fastest mobile provider during Q2 2021, achieving a Speed Score of 91.19.
An analysis of performance on some of the most popular phones in Denmark revealed the iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G had the fastest median download speed during Q2 2021 at 111.80 Mbps. The iPhone Pro 5G was second at 109.79 Mbps, edging out the iPhone 12 5G at 109.63 Mbps.

Finland
According to Speedtest Intelligence, DNA retained its top spot as Finland’s fastest mobile provider in Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 68.20. DNA also edged out Telia for the highest Consistency Score, achieving 90.9% to Telia’s 90.0%.
Telia overtook DNA in Q2 2021 as Finland’s fastest 5G provider, achieving a median download speed of 304.22 Mbps to DNA’s 276.20 Mbps.
Telia retained its top spot as the fastest fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021, increasing its Speed Score 11.2% from Q1 2021. Telia was also the most consistent, achieving a Consistency Score of 82.7%.
Among popular device manufacturers, OnePlus had the fastest median download speed in Finland during Q2 2021 at 67.23 Mbps. However, the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G had the fastest median download speeds among major devices at 121.57 Mbps.

France
Speedtest Intelligence revealed a fierce competition for France’s fastest fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021, though Orange narrowly edged out Free with a Speed Score of 117.15 to 115.89.
SFR achieved the highest Consistency Score at 68.2%.
Orange earned the top spot as France’s fastest and most consistent mobile provider, earning a mobile Speed Score of 81.00 and a Consistency Score of 89.9%.
Orange also blew away the competition as France’s fastest 5G provider by achieving a median 5G download speed of 345.10 Mbps. SFR was next fastest at 204.98 Mbps.
Lyon achieved the fastest median fixed broadband download and upload speeds at 127.51 Mbps and 93.46 Mbps, respectively. Nice had the fastest median mobile download speed at 64.63 Mbps.

Germany
According to Speedtest Intelligence, Vodafone was Germany’s fastest fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 120.68.
1&1 edged out Vodafone for the highest Consistency Score, 80.4% to Vodafone’s 79.3%.
For mobile providers, Telekom achieved the highest Speed Score (76.79) and Consistency Score (91.7%) during Q2 2021.
O2 was the fastest 5G provider during Q2 2021 earning the fastest median 5G download speed at 172.24 Mbps. Telekom followed at 154.30.
The iPhone 12 Pro 5G had the fastest median download speed among popular devices in Germany during Q2 2021, edging out the iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G 92.25 Mbps to 91.94 Mbps.

Hungary
Vodafone overtook DIGI as Hungary’s fastest fixed broadband provider in Q2 2021, achieving an 8.6% increase in Speed Score from 137.06 in Q1 2021 to 148.79. Vodafone retained the top spot for highest Consistency Score at 87.2% during Q2 2021.
Magyar Telekom retained its top spot as Hungary’s fastest and most consistent mobile provider during Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 52.59 and Consistency Score of 90.9%.
OnePlus overtook Apple during Q2 2021 as the fastest device manufacturer, with OnePlus devices achieving a combined median download speed of 47.29 Mbps to Apple’s 41.81 Mbps.
However, Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G achieved the fastest median download speed among popular devices during Q2 2021, with an increase in download speed of 17.3% from 70.12 Mbps in Q1 2021 to 82.22 Mbps in Q2 2021.

Latvia
Speedtest Intelligence revealed that Balticom was the fastest and most consistent fixed broadband provider in Latvia during Q2 2021 achieving a Speed Score of 171.56 and Consistency Score of 90.5%.
LMT was the fastest provider in Latvia during Q2 2021 with a Speed Score of 41.13.
Tele2 narrowly edged out BITE and LMT as Latvia’s most consistent provider, earning a Consistency Score of 86.0% to BITE’s 85.1% and LMT’s 83.3%.
Olaine had the fastest median fixed broadband download and upload speeds, 94.16 Mbps and 94.51 Mbps, respectively.

Luxembourg
Tango retained its top spot as Luxembourg’s fastest fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021 by achieving a Speed Score of 125.73, an increase of 4.5% over Q1 2021.
Tango and Eltrona tied for the highest Consistency Score during Q2 2021 at 86.3%.
POST again was the fastest mobile provider in Luxembourg during Q2 2021, achieving an 18.3% increase in Speed Score from 86.31 in Q1 2021 to 102.09 in Q2 2021. POST also remained the most consistent provider with a Consistency Score of 96.3%.
Among Luxembourg’s most populous cities, Differdange achieved the fastest median fixed broadband download and upload speeds at 131.26 Mbps and 93.32 Mbps, respectively.
Ettelbruck had the fastest median mobile download and upload speeds at 117.76 Mbps and 21.64 Mbps, respectively.

Malta
Melita retained its top spot as Malta’s fastest and most consistent fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 113.64 and Consistency Score of 83.9%.
GO was Malta’s fastest and most consistent mobile provider during Q2 2021, achieving a Speed Score of 56.36 and Consistency Score of 92.8%.
Among popular devices, Apple’s iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G achieved the fastest mean download speed at 75.81 Mbps.

Serbia
SBB retained its top spot as Serbia’s fastest and most consistent fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021 with a Speed Score of 81.09 and Consistency Score of 81.8%.
A1 knocked Telenor out of the top place during Q2 2021 as Serbia’s fastest mobile provider, achieving a Speed Score of 54.26 to Telenor’s 49.99.
A1 and Telenor tied for the most consistent provider by earning a Consistency Score of 92.5%. mts trailed at 91.0%
The fastest chipset in Serbia during Q2 2021 was Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X55 5G, which had a median download speed of 74.21 Mbps. Samsung’s Exynos 2100 was second at 57.97 Mbps and Hisilicon’s Kirin 990 at 57.49 Mbps.

Slovakia
Telekom knocked Orange out of first place as Slovakia’s fastest mobile operator during Q2 2021 with a Speed Score of 58.17 to Orange’s 56.22. Telekom increased its Speed Score 18.5% from Q1 2021 to Q2 2021.
UPC retained its top spot as Slovakia’s fastest and most consistent fixed broadband provider with a Speed Score of 139.35 — an increase of 23.1% from Q1 2021 — and a Consistency Score of 87.2%.
The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G had the fastest median download speed among popular devices at 86.11 Mbps during Q2 2021, an increase of 33.3% over Q1 2021.

Spain
DIGI sped ahead of the competition, earning its place as fastest and most consistent fixed broadband provider in Q2 2021 with a Speed Score of 259.90 and Consistency Score of 91.5%. Orange was second at 154.03, Movistar third (139.65) and Yoigo fourth (134.71).
Movistar provided the fastest and most consistent mobile experience among Spanish mobile providers with a Speed Score of 58.47 and Consistency Score of 90.8%.
Vodafone more than doubled its closest competitor as Spain’s fastest 5G provider by achieving a median download speed of 322.81 Mbps.
Madrid had the fastest median fixed broadband download and upload speeds at 142.97 Mbps and 111.48, respectively, as well as the fastest median mobile download speed at 41.66 Mbps. Barcelona trailed closely behind for fixed broadband at 134.73 Mbps download and 104.54 Mbps upload, as well as for mobile download at 40.10 Mbps.

North and South America

Argentina
Telecentro achieved the highest fixed broadband Speed Score (57.16) in Argentina during Q2 2021.
Speedtest Intelligence revealed Personal was the fastest mobile operator in Argentina during Q2 2021 with a Speed Score of 38.49.
Buenos Aires achieved the fastest mean fixed broadband download speed among Argentina’s most populous cities, recording a download speed of 77.79 Mbps.
For mobile download speeds, La Plata recorded the fastest mean mobile download speed in Argentina at 40.28 Mbps during Q2 2021.

Brazil
Speedtest Intelligence reveals Claro was the fastest and most consistent mobile operator in Brazil among top providers during Q2 2021, achieving the highest Speed Score of 42.61 and Consistency Score of 87.8%.
Vivo was the fastest fixed broadband provider among top providers in Brazil in Q2 2021 with a Speed Score of 93.23.
Among Brazil’s most populous cities, seven cities achieved mean fixed broadband download speeds of over 100 Mbps, with Goiânia having the fastest download and upload speeds at 130.15 Mbps and 76.98 Mbps, respectively.
Brasilia had the fastest mean mobile download speed at 43.74 Mbps.

Canada
Shaw and Rogers blazed above the competition for Canada’s fastest fixed broadband providers in Q2 2021, earning Speed Scores of 181.66 and 179.95, respectively.
Rogers edged out Shaw for the highest Consistency Score in Canada during Q2 2021 by earning 89.0% to Shaw’s 87.0%.
TELUS retained its top spot as the fastest mobile operator in Canada during Q2 2021, achieving a Speed Score of 82.93.
Videotron also retained its top spot during Q2 2021 as Canada’s most consistent mobile operator, achieving a Consistency Score of 89.6%.
Competition for the fastest median 5G download speed was competitive with no statistical winner during Q2 2021. Bell achieved a median download speed of 191.26 Mbps and TELUS achieved 184.45 Mbps.
Rogers achieved the highest 5G Availability in Canada during Q2 2021.
Newfoundland and Labrador retained its top spot as Canada’s fastest region for fixed broadband during Q2 2021, achieving a median download speed of 119.77 Mbps.
Calgary also retained its top spot among the most populous cities with the fastest median fixed broadband download speed at 129.60 Mbps. Winnipeg retained its top spot for mobile download speed by edging out Edmonton 93.12 Mbps to 91.25 Mbps.
Samsung devices had the fastest combined performance, achieving a median download speed of 70.72 Mbps. The Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G edged out the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G for the fastest popular device median download speed 141.44 Mbps to 137.97 Mbps.

Ecuador
According to Speedtest Intelligence, Netlife was Ecuador’s fastest and most consistent fixed broadband provider during Q2 2021, achieving a Speed Score of 38.72 and Consistency Score of 69.6%.
CNT was the fastest and most consistent mobile operator in Ecuador during Q2 2021, achieving a Speed Score of 38.11 and Consistency Score of 86.9%.

Mexico
Speedtest Intelligence reveals Telcel was Mexico’s fastest mobile operator during Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 47.80.
Telcel was also Mexico’s most consistent mobile operator, achieving a Consistency Score of 89.2%.
Veracruz showed the fastest mean mobile download and upload speeds among Mexico’s most populous cities during Q2 2021, recording a mean download speed of 46.24 Mbps and mean upload speed of 19.36 Mbps.
Apple devices had the five fastest mean download speeds in Mexico. The iPhone 12 Pro 5G narrowly beat out the iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G and iPhone 12 5G for the fastest popular device during Q2 2021, achieving respective speeds of 74.65 Mbps, 72.63 Mbps and 72.37 Mbps.

Peru
Among Peru’s top providers, Claro was the fastest mobile provider during Q2 2021, achieving a Speed Score of 36.91.
Apple devices achieved the highest mean download speeds among top device manufacturers during Q2 2021, recording a mean download speed of 40.32 Mbps.
Among popular mobile devices, the Apple iPhone 12 Pro 5G had the fastest mean download speed at 80.30 Mbps. The Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max 5G was second at 77.02 Mbps and the Apple iPhone 12 5G third at 75.63 Mbps.

United States
Speedtest Intelligence reveals Verizon was the fastest fixed broadband provider in the United States during Q2 2021, earning a Speed Score of 170.22 — 6.3% increase over Q1 2021.
Speedtest Intelligence also reveals that T-Mobile was the fastest and most consistent mobile operator in the United States during Q2 2021, achieving a median download speed of 54.13 Mbps and a Consistency Score of 84.8%.
After looking at tests taken only on 5G, T-Mobile achieved the fastest median 5G download speed during Q2 2021 at 99.84 Mbps, a 21.2% increase over Q1 2021.
During Q2 2021, T-Mobile had the best 5G Availability of 69.0%.
Mobile download speeds blazed ahead in the most populous U.S. cities during Q2 2021 with Tampa, Florida supplanting St. Paul, Minnesota as the fastest city for median mobile download speed during Q2 2021 at 79.75 Mbps, an increase of 14.6% over St. Paul’s fastest median speed during Q1 2021.
San Antonio, Texas knocked Gilbert, Arizona out of first place as the fastest city for fixed broadband among the United State’s most populous cities, edging out Raleigh, North Carolina with a median download speed of 183.60 Mbps to Raleigh’s 183.04 Mbps.
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