Data on Internet Access Services as of June 30, 2018
Total Internet connections increased by about 4.9% between June 2017 and June 2018 to 429 million. Mobile Internet connections increased 5.7% year-over-year to 320 million in June 2018, while fixed connections grew to 109 million – up about 2.8% from June 2017. Nearly 48% of connections were at 100 Mbps or more (downstream). Over 73% of connections were 25 Mbps or more. The percentage of fixed connections with a downstream speed of at least 25 Mbps has grown from 50% (or 50 million connections) in June 2015 to 74% (or 80 million connections) in June 2018. Over the same period, the percentage of fixed connections with downstream speeds of less than 3 Mbps has decreased from 7% (or 7 million connections) in June 2015 to 2.4% (or about 2.6 million connections) in June 2018. More than 52% of upstream connections were at least 6 Mbps and nearly 76% of upstream connections were 3 Mpbs or more. The median downstream speed of all reported fixed connections was 75 Mbps and the median upstream speed was 10 Mbps. For residential fixed connections, the median downstream speed was 90 Mbps and the median upstream speed was 10 Mbps.
OEA Releases Data on Internet Access Services as of June 30, 2018