Here is good news for those looking for high-speed internet connection in India. As per the latest piece of information, the average internet speed is likely to increase by over 40 per cent to 1.8 Mbps in the next 12 months in India.
Akamai Technologies Director of Products for Asia-Pacific and Japan Bruno Goveas said, Based on the current industry growth trends, we expect a 40-per cent to 50-per cent increase in the connection speed over the next 12 months. This translates to anything between 1.7 to 1.8 Mbps.
As per recent reports, an average connection speed of 1.3 Mbps (megabytes per second) has been reported in India in the first quarter of 2013. As far as the global average connection speed is concerned, it continuous to grow in the first quarter of 2013, increasing 4 per cent to 3.1 Mbps.
Goveas further added that corporates are also upgrading their bandwidth speeds to keep up with their growth and demand and it also helps that bandwidth is getting cheaper. He expect growth in speeds from users in tier-II and tier-III cities as well, and not just tier I.
Market reviewers believe that the increase in internet speed is fuelled by some specific factors like investments in high-speed fibre network, affordable data plans and Cloud computing.
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