Mobile data speed: Bangladesh only ahead of Afghanistan in South Asia

[idune]

Mobile data speed: Bangladesh only ahead of Afghanistan in South Asia

Mahmudul Hasan

Bangladesh has fared badly in mobile data speed, ranking below all South Asian nations except for Afghanistan, at a quality listing of global mobile and broadband internet networks.
Bangladesh ranked 133rd out of 138 countries on Ookla's Speedtest Global Index for mobile internet speeds with 10.76 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloads in the month of September, considerably lower than the global average of 35.26 Mbps.
Bangladesh's average mobile upload speed stood at 6.96 Mbps and latency was 39 milliseconds (ms). The global averages are 11.22 Mbps and 42 ms. The Maldives topped the chart among South Asian nations, ranking 57th with a download speed of 35.70 Mbps, a little over the global average.
Sri Lanka came 102nd with 19.95 Mbps, Pakistan 116th with 17.13 Mbps, Nepal 117th with 17.12 Mbps, India 131st with 12.07 Mbps and Afghanistan 138th with 7.26 Mbps.
This index category did not include Bhutan.

In fixed line broadband internet speeds, Bangladesh fared better, ranking 98th out of 175 nations with a download speed of 29.85 Mbps, upload speed of 45.74 Mbps and latency of 21 ms. This is still far behind the global average download speed of 85.73 Mbps.
Among the South Asia peer nations, Bangladesh came after India (70th, 46.47 Mbps) and Sri Lanka (94th, 31.42 Mbps).
However, it was ahead of Nepal (113th, 22.36 Mbps), the Maldives (117th, 21.56 Mbps), Bhutan (126th, 19.09 Mbps), Afghanistan (157th, 10.31 Mbps) and Pakistan (159th with 10.10 Mbps)
"The mobile download speed shown in the ranking is better than the benchmark of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)," said an official of a telecom operator.
The BTRC set 7 Mbps internet download speed for 4G service.
"However, spectrum allocation, which is one of the lowest in the world in a country where there are over 16 crore mobile subscribers, is one of the main reasons for the poor internet service," he said.
Optical fibres of Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network are also not up to the mark and that is another reason for low data transmission, he added.
As coronavirus pushes everything online, internet use rose dramatically, taking a toll on the overall internet speed.
"During the pandemic, suddenly use of the mobile internet increased manifold which might have impacted the service," said Brig Gen SM Farhad (retd), secretary general of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB).
"However, almost 11 Mbps speed can be considered as good speed for 4G service. Actually, the operators are providing the service despite a number of unresolved issues, including shortage of spectrum, fragmentation of licences, etc.," he said.
"We did not see a single mobile tower installation for almost two years, so network expansion has been stagnant. Proper policy regulation and business friendly environment can improve the situation," he added.
Contacted yesterday evening, BTRC Chairman Md Jahurul Haque said he was yet to see the index.
On the telecom operators' claim that inadequate spectrum allocation is one of the reasons behind the country's low-speed internet, he said the BTRC sets its policy with the consultation of all stakeholders.
The number of internet subscribers rose 8.3 per cent to an all-time high of 10.82 crore at the end of August whereas it was 9.99 crore in February. The number of mobile phone subscribers stood at 16.60 crore in August, close to February's level of 16.61 crore.

Mobile data speed: Bangladesh only ahead of Afghanistan in South Asia

Bangladesh has fared badly in mobile data speed, ranking below all South Asian nations except for Afghanistan, at a quality listing of global mobile and broadband internet networks.

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[DalalErMaNodi]

Good thing mobile data speeds are fast in US or money transfer from Tareq would fail and then we would all be bonchito from this litany of positive news about Bangladesh.

 

[mb444]

You do realise 10.7 mbps is pretty good. If you are getting that what exactly can you not do on a smart phone?

 

[HttpError]

You do realise 10.7 mbps is pretty good. If you are getting that what exactly can you not do on a smart phone?

Can't watch those type of videos in 1080p or in 4K

 

[mb444]

Can't watch those type of videos in 1080p or in 4K

It would be a tiny bit slower....nothing more....

I do not know but i doubt BD population is hankering to watch 4k or HD videos on a smart phone..... does a high pixel count mean anything even on the largest of smart phones?

I use a samsung note....matters bugger all..

 

[Shorisrip]

Good thing mobile data speeds are fast in US or money transfer from Tareq would fail and then we would all be bonchito from this litany of positive news about Bangladesh.

Ite Tareokottun bokshish loi bebsha shuru hoijje fallai

 

[TheSnakeEatingMarkhur]

Mobile data speed: Bangladesh only ahead of Afghanistan in South Asia

Mahmudul Hasan

Bangladesh has fared badly in mobile data speed, ranking below all South Asian nations except for Afghanistan, at a quality listing of global mobile and broadband internet networks.
Bangladesh ranked 133rd out of 138 countries on Ookla's Speedtest Global Index for mobile internet speeds with 10.76 megabits per second (Mbps) for downloads in the month of September, considerably lower than the global average of 35.26 Mbps.
Bangladesh's average mobile upload speed stood at 6.96 Mbps and latency was 39 milliseconds (ms). The global averages are 11.22 Mbps and 42 ms. The Maldives topped the chart among South Asian nations, ranking 57th with a download speed of 35.70 Mbps, a little over the global average.
Sri Lanka came 102nd with 19.95 Mbps, Pakistan 116th with 17.13 Mbps, Nepal 117th with 17.12 Mbps, India 131st with 12.07 Mbps and Afghanistan 138th with 7.26 Mbps.
This index category did not include Bhutan.

In fixed line broadband internet speeds, Bangladesh fared better, ranking 98th out of 175 nations with a download speed of 29.85 Mbps, upload speed of 45.74 Mbps and latency of 21 ms. This is still far behind the global average download speed of 85.73 Mbps.
Among the South Asia peer nations, Bangladesh came after India (70th, 46.47 Mbps) and Sri Lanka (94th, 31.42 Mbps).
However, it was ahead of Nepal (113th, 22.36 Mbps), the Maldives (117th, 21.56 Mbps), Bhutan (126th, 19.09 Mbps), Afghanistan (157th, 10.31 Mbps) and Pakistan (159th with 10.10 Mbps)
"The mobile download speed shown in the ranking is better than the benchmark of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)," said an official of a telecom operator.
The BTRC set 7 Mbps internet download speed for 4G service.
"However, spectrum allocation, which is one of the lowest in the world in a country where there are over 16 crore mobile subscribers, is one of the main reasons for the poor internet service," he said.
Optical fibres of Nationwide Telecommunication Transmission Network are also not up to the mark and that is another reason for low data transmission, he added.
As coronavirus pushes everything online, internet use rose dramatically, taking a toll on the overall internet speed.
"During the pandemic, suddenly use of the mobile internet increased manifold which might have impacted the service," said Brig Gen SM Farhad (retd), secretary general of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators of Bangladesh (AMTOB).
"However, almost 11 Mbps speed can be considered as good speed for 4G service. Actually, the operators are providing the service despite a number of unresolved issues, including shortage of spectrum, fragmentation of licences, etc.," he said.
"We did not see a single mobile tower installation for almost two years, so network expansion has been stagnant. Proper policy regulation and business friendly environment can improve the situation," he added.
Contacted yesterday evening, BTRC Chairman Md Jahurul Haque said he was yet to see the index.
On the telecom operators' claim that inadequate spectrum allocation is one of the reasons behind the country's low-speed internet, he said the BTRC sets its policy with the consultation of all stakeholders.
The number of internet subscribers rose 8.3 per cent to an all-time high of 10.82 crore at the end of August whereas it was 9.99 crore in February. The number of mobile phone subscribers stood at 16.60 crore in August, close to February's level of 16.61 crore.

Mobile data speed: Bangladesh only ahead of Afghanistan in South Asia

Bangladesh has fared badly in mobile data speed, ranking below all South Asian nations except for Afghanistan, at a quality listing of global mobile and broadband internet networks.

www.thedailystar.net

Breadband is f*cked up in Pakistan thanks to PTCL

 

[Destranator]

Data speeds are quite shit in BD. You hardly get any data coverage in moving vehicles.
Sure things are much better than it used but that is no excuse for improving further.

 

[idune]

What holding authority from auctioning 5G spectrum? If carriers willing to invest in 5G,in "future" people could see dramatic improvement. But no movement or action seen on that front yet.

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Now genius is suggesting a poor country like Bangladesh get into 5G rollout without ensuring proper 4G coverage all over the country first....

Nevermind, that we don't need 5g right now, because who needs that much speed, we don't have any high level IT businesses beyond the regular outsourcing and software development companies...


Countries like Germany, Korea, Japan, UK, USA etc are the ones who can put 5G to use, not Bangladesh, not India, not this region for the next decade atleast

Logic and objectivity is dying a dog's death in this sub section....



Meanwhile under golden BNP era we didn't even have 10,000 broadband connections or even a submarine cable connection, now we have 8,500,000 connections and 3 sub cables (1 coming soon)....

 

[swnjo]

10.76 Mbps is good speed. good enough to watch videos,games, communicate and gather educational resources in an ordinary smart phone that avg. south-asian posses. I have fibre connection in my room but my phone cant even play 1080p videos. What matters most is what percentage of population actually have access to smart phone and connected to internet, which is still very low for all of south asia.

 

[Imran Khan]

no body use broad band here now its became thing of past only companies banks used it

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

no body use broad band here now its became thing of past only companies banks used it

In Bangladesh broadband is starting to gain popularity now, good speeds and very very cheap.


Good service too, I was in Bangladesh in 2018, bought broadband for I think $15 or less a month, 30 Mbits and YouTube was unhooked...


So you can watch 8k on YouTube and it's won't even buffer for 1 second.




Government will now supply broadband through government company to all schools, then kids can use internet at school instead of spending of buying mobile internet and misusing it go watch movies and so on.




What is price though of broadband ?



This is what I used in Chittagong city, must be even cheaper in Dhaka..

Best broadband I used in my life considering price, even better than broadband in rich countries like Kuwait and Germany.


They also have interesting feature called BDIX, it's basically a server based in Dhaka, where people from all over Bangladesh can put files so public can view them, there's games, movies, educational stuff everything on there and you can download in unlimited speed, as much as your PC's ethernet modem allows.

 

[Michael Corleone]

What holding authority from auctioning 5G spectrum? If carriers willing to invest in 5G,in "future" people could see dramatic improvement. But no movement or action seen on that front yet.

It’s a new tech even US doesn’t have full coverage and mmwave doesn’t exist anywhere outside A few places in US. CALM DOWN

In Bangladesh broadband is starting to gain popularity now, good speeds and very very cheap.


Good service too, I was in Bangladesh in 2018, bought broadband for I think $15 or less a month, 30 Mbits and YouTube was unhooked...


So you can watch 8k on YouTube and it's won't even buffer for 1 second.




Government will now supply broadband through government company to all schools, then kids can use internet at school instead of spending of buying mobile internet and misusing it go watch movies and so on.




What is price though of broadband ?



This is what I used in Chittagong city, must be even cheaper in Dhaka..

View attachment 683643


Best broadband I used in my life considering price, even better than broadband in rich countries like Kuwait and Germany.


They also have interesting feature called BDIX, it's basically a server based in Dhaka, where people from all over Bangladesh can put files so public can view them, there's games, movies, educational stuff everything on there and you can download in unlimited speed, as much as your PC's ethernet modem allows.

Kuwait internet is trash. Let’s admit it.

 

[Imran Khan]

In Bangladesh broadband is starting to gain popularity now, good speeds and very very cheap.


Good service too, I was in Bangladesh in 2018, bought broadband for I think $15 or less a month, 30 Mbits and YouTube was unhooked...


So you can watch 8k on YouTube and it's won't even buffer for 1 second.




Government will now supply broadband through government company to all schools, then kids can use internet at school instead of spending of buying mobile internet and misusing it go watch movies and so on.




What is price though of broadband ?



This is what I used in Chittagong city, must be even cheaper in Dhaka..

View attachment 683643


Best broadband I used in my life considering price, even better than broadband in rich countries like Kuwait and Germany.


They also have interesting feature called BDIX, it's basically a server based in Dhaka, where people from all over Bangladesh can put files so public can view them, there's games, movies, educational stuff everything on there and you can download in unlimited speed, as much as your PC's ethernet modem allows.

bangladesh is expensive and too slow report is right you are like afghanistan speed