The UAE has the fastest mobile internet speed in the world, according to a report published by Ookla.

The UAE ranked first globally in mobile internet speed for the month of June, with a download speed of 204.24Mbps and an upload speed of 22.72Mbps, according to the Speedtest Global Index published by Ookla,

The web service, which provides analysis of internet access performance metrics, has ranked the UAE first in five of six months so far this year.
 

UAE mobile internet speed

According to the index, the UAE topped the global rankings during the first half of 2023 (January, February, March, May, and June), while it ranked second in April.

As for fixed broadband speed, the United Arab Emirates ranked second globally and finished first regionally and among Arab countries in June, with a download speed of 239.2Mbps.

Singapore topped the global list with a high-speed average of 247.29Mbps.

 

Quarterly reports issued by Ookla showed that Etisalat by e& recorded the fastest median download speeds across both mobile and fixed, at 216.65Mbps and 261.98Mbps, respectively, in Q2 2023.

etisalat by e& also had the fastest median 5G download speed at 680.88Mbps and the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 35ms.