[Graphic News] Singapore’s broadband speed fastest in world: report

Broadband speed in Singapore is now the world’s fastest, according to a Federal Communications Commission report.

In the third quarter of last year, Singapore recorded an average connection speed of 105.3 Mbps.

Other Asian countries that topped the global list for fastest Internet speeds are Hong Kong (95.7 Mbps), Japan (69.7 Mbps) and South Korea (34 Mbps).

Globally, the average connection speed was 4.5 Mbps, remaining above the 4 Mbps “broadband” threshold but declining by 2.8 percent from the second quarter of last year.

In terms of mobile connectivity, Singaporean users experienced an average connection speed of 9.1 Mbps, and the world’ highest average peak connection speed of 98.0 Mbps. South Korea continued to have the world’s highest average mobile connection speed, rising to 18.2 Mbps in the third quarter of last year.