India is the second-largest online market worldwide, with over half a billion internet users. India is also catching up with countries such as Turkey (30.98 Mbps median download speed/65th place on the Speedtest Global Index), South Africa (34.71 Mbps/58th place), and Brazil (35.85 Mbps/57th place). This has pushed India up the Speedtest Global Index from 118th to 69th place, surpassing several G20 countries, as well as its neighboring countries. Speedtest Intelligence data illustrates that India’s median download speeds have increased by 115% since 5G’s launch, rising from 13.87 Mbps in September 2022 to 29.85 Mbps in January 2023.

The investments of both Jio and Airtel in network modernization have certainly paid off, said Ookla. This improvement is largely due to the launch of 5G services, resulting in India rising 49 places in the Speedtest Global Index, from 118th in September 2022 to 69th in January 2023. India’s mobile speeds have increased by 115%, as revealed by Ookla’s data.

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