UAE’s Etisalat recognised as world’s fastest mobile network

  • Date: 25-Oct-2020
  • Source: Gulf Business
  • Sector:Technology
  • Country:UAE
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UAE’s Etisalat recognised as world’s fastest mobile network

The UAE's largest telco Etisalat has been recognised as the world's fastest mobile network operator in Q2-Q3 2020 in a new ranking from Speedtest by Ookla.

The ranking is based on analysis by Ookla of millions of tests actively initiated by customers across every network to check internet speeds using various web and mobile platforms.

The Speedtest Awards for top network providers are determined using a 'Speed Score' that measures a provider's network speeds (download and upload) to rank network speed performance.

Etisalat registered a download speed of 115.89 Mbps and an overall ranking in the 'Speed Score' at 98.78 Mbps, It is the only operator globally to rank higher than 90 according to the Ookla Speedtest data, reported news agency WAM.

Etisalat also won the Speedtest Awards for both fastest mobile network