According to the Results of the "Miqyas" Report for the First Quarter of 2021, "The Communications Commission" Reveals Average Internet Speeds of Telecommunications Service Providers in the Kingdom

The Communications and Information Technology Commission revealed, today, the average download speed in the Kingdom

during the first quarter of 2021

, where the average mobile internet download speed reached 119.52 Mbps, an improvement of about 22.53% compared to the fourth quarter of the previous year, according to the results of the "Miqyas" report on internet speed and digital content access speed indicators in the Kingdom.

The Commission noted in its quarterly

"Miqyas"

report that "STC" topped the list of telecommunications service providers in average mobile internet download speeds, recording an average speed of 130.84 Mbps, followed by "Zain" in second place with an average speed of 102.27, while Mobily came in third place with an average speed reaching 99.29 Mbps.

"Salam" topped the list of telecommunications service providers in fiber-optic internet speed, with a download speed of 113.33 Mbps, followed by "Mobily" in second place with an average speed of 90.08, while "Zain" came in third place with an average speed of 89.85 Mbps.

The "Miqyas" report also revealed that "STC" topped the performance list of telecommunications service providers in mobile internet download speed in the regions of: Riyadh, Qassim, Hail, Northern Borders, Al-Jouf, Tabuk, Makkah, Al-Baha, Jazan, Najran, and the Eastern Region, while "Zain" topped the performance of service providers in the Madinah region, and "Mobily" recorded the best performance in the Asir region.

It is worth noting that "the Communications Commission" works to stimulate competitiveness among telecommunications service providers to provide the best services to users, through numerous mechanisms, including raising the level of market transparency through publishing data and indicator results, and enabling investors and interested parties to review market performance indicators in the Kingdom.

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