An online shopper uses his mobile internet to browse on the things he may purchase online. File photo
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s mobile internet speed has improved and jumped 14 notches higher than its previous ranking, according to a global speed test.
According to Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index, the Philippines ranked 96 out of 139 countries in terms of mobile data speed, having an average of 22.50 megabits per second (Mbps) in December compared to 18.49 Mbps in November.
“With a total of 118 million tests conducted in all of the country’s regions, cities and municipalities throughout 2020, the monthly increase in the speed of 4Mbps for mobile from November to December was the highest monthly increase since July 2016,” Ookla said in its report.
The improvement in the also pushed up the country’s rank to 29th from 34th out of 50 Asian countries and to 19th from 22 out of 46 Asia Pacific countries.
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The change comes after last July 2020 on the need to expedite the facilitation of LGU permits with building cellular towers as the reason for the recent improvement. The order brought up a significant increase in the issuance of permits from July to December 2020 vis-à-vis the average monthly number of permits issued in 2019.
The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) also reported that in 2019, a monthly average of 63 permits were issued for Globe and a monthly average of 50 for Smart. However, the average monthly number of permits issued from July to December 2020 increased by 552.65% (348 permits) for Globe and 194.33% (97 permits) for Smart.
