Internet speed in Mumbai continues to be much slower, compared to other major cities across the globe. Download speeds in India's financial capital has been 85% slower on an average, against that in other large global cities such as New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seattle, Shanghai and Wuhan, showed data by UBS Evidence Lab in partnership with Ookla. Average download speeds in Mumbai on mobile reduced by around 30% in the first few days of the lockdown in March, but recovered in April.
“Compared to major global cities, Mumbai networks continue to be much slower, with download speeds around 85% slower on an average (around 77% slower pre-covid). Average download speeds in Mumbai (mobile) reduced by around 30% in the first couple of weeks of lockdown, due to the sudden shift to work/study from home and increase in content consumption," said the report.
However, internet speeds have recovered around 12% from their lows since then due to short-term capacity addition measures by telcos such as small cells deployment, and downgrading of content from high definition (HD) quality to standard by video platforms.
Comments