TRAI Launches 'MySpeed' App To Check Your Mobile Internet Speed

Frustrated with your internet speed? Has slow internet surfing become something you have now learned to live with, maybe forever? Well, don't. The situation is about the change from 5th July, 2016. Yes, remember the date because your world is going to change forever from this Tuesday.

India's Telecom regulator TRAI recently announced about its plans to launch a mobile app which will help consumers easily measure their internet speed on their smartphones and then send their results to the authority.

The mobile Application is being called the MySpeed App by TRAI and will be available from download from the mobile sewa app store from July 5th onwards.

According to a statement issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority, the app will allow users to measure their data speed experience and then convey the results to TRAI Analytics Portal. Along with the app, the portal is also scheduled to go Live on 5th July.

According to TRAI, the app will be capable of sending network, data speed, coverage information, along with device and the customer's location.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has officially defined a minimum internet speed that the telecom companies are liable to dispense to their consumers. However, inspite of this, Indian consumers always complain of dealing with poor internet speed. Recently during one of its drive test, the regulator was shocked to find out that Indian 3G customers of some of the operators were being provided with 2G internet speed most of the time in a few selected Indian cities.

Well, it seems, there are "acche din" ahead finally for all Indian Internet users. Hail TRAI!

India has slowest Internet speed in Asia

It's official now, the country with the second largest population in the world has the slowest Internet speed in Asia. India has the slowest internet speed in Asia according to the ‘State of the Internet’ quarterly report released by the internet content delivery network, Akamai.

Globally, India is ranked 118 in the report and is behind Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

The report also states that the average internet connection speed in the country is just 1.7Mbps while the globally the average has reached 3.9Mbps. The average speed saw an increase of 8.4 percent quarter on quarter and 34 percent year on year.

India has an average peak connection speed of 12Mbps which is again less than Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Globally, the average peak connection speed is 21.2Mbps and as can be seen India is nowhere near it. The average peak connection speed saw an increase of 7.6 percent year on year and a decrease of 1.5 percent quarter on quarter.

The broadband adoption has been measured by Akamai by analyzing the percentage of users getting internet connection speed of 4Mbps or more. In India, the number of internet users with a speed of 4Mbps or more increased by 17 percent on quarter on quarter and 111 percent year on year.

According to Akamai, internet speeds above 10 Mbps and more should be considered as high broadband. It’s astonishing to know that in India only 0.7 percent of the internet users enjoy high broadband or have a connection speed of 10 Mbps or more. The report also reveals that in India, only 4.9 percent internet users have an access to internet connection with speeds of 4 Mbps or more. This has increased by 39 percent quarter on quarter and 106 percent year on year.

The highest average connection speed was recorded by South Korea at 23.6Mbps. It also has the highest average peak connection speed at 68.5Mbps according to the report.

The report also identifies the top countries form where the attack traffic originates and also the top ports which bear the brunt of these attacks.  Here, China took the top position by being responsible for about 41 percent of observed attack and was followed by the US which was responsible for 11 percent of the observed attack traffic.

The measurements which have been published in the ‘State of the Internet’ quarterly report are all based on the requests that were put forth to Akamai’s HTTP/S platform.

India has slowest Internet speed in Asia

It's official now, the country with the second largest population in the world has the slowest Internet speed in Asia. India has the slowest internet speed in Asia according to the ‘State of the Internet’ quarterly report released by the internet content delivery network, Akamai.

Globally, India is ranked 118 in the report and is behind Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

The report also states that the average internet connection speed in the country is just 1.7Mbps while the globally the average has reached 3.9Mbps. The average speed saw an increase of 8.4 percent quarter on quarter and 34 percent year on year.

India has an average peak connection speed of 12Mbps which is again less than Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Globally, the average peak connection speed is 21.2Mbps and as can be seen India is nowhere near it. The average peak connection speed saw an increase of 7.6 percent year on year and a decrease of 1.5 percent quarter on quarter.

The broadband adoption has been measured by Akamai by analyzing the percentage of users getting internet connection speed of 4Mbps or more. In India, the number of internet users with a speed of 4Mbps or more increased by 17 percent on quarter on quarter and 111 percent year on year.

According to Akamai, internet speeds above 10 Mbps and more should be considered as high broadband. It’s astonishing to know that in India only 0.7 percent of the internet users enjoy high broadband or have a connection speed of 10 Mbps or more. The report also reveals that in India, only 4.9 percent internet users have an access to internet connection with speeds of 4 Mbps or more. This has increased by 39 percent quarter on quarter and 106 percent year on year.

The highest average connection speed was recorded by South Korea at 23.6Mbps. It also has the highest average peak connection speed at 68.5Mbps according to the report.

The report also identifies the top countries form where the attack traffic originates and also the top ports which bear the brunt of these attacks.  Here, China took the top position by being responsible for about 41 percent of observed attack and was followed by the US which was responsible for 11 percent of the observed attack traffic.

The measurements which have been published in the ‘State of the Internet’ quarterly report are all based on the requests that were put forth to Akamai’s HTTP/S platform.