Communications and Information Technology Commission: The published internet speed statistics are unofficial and pertain only to the publishing application

As the Commission has previously clarified in more than one statement regarding internet speed statistics via 4G technology in the Kingdom, published by one of the applications, and which has been circulated by some media outlets recently, the Commission would like to clarify that these internet speed statistics are based on studies and analysis by that application, and only for those who downloaded that application, and are not an official indicator of internet speed. This, of course, does not provide a comprehensive and accurate analysis, as it depends on several factors, including the sample size used in conducting the statistic, its distribution at the level of the geographic region in which measurements are to be conducted, in addition to the conditions of conducting the measurements themselves. This is evident from the discrepancy in the ranking of countries in the statistics published by a number of owners of applications with similar fields of work, because accurate statistics for ranking speeds require an accurate methodology that takes into account all the factors affecting measurements conducted on a specific technology.

It should be noted that the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations agency specialized in telecommunications, has not issued an official statistic regarding 4G internet speed for countries.

It is worth noting that the Kingdom ranks second among Arab countries in terms of internet speed over fixed-line networks, according to reports from the International Telecommunication Union.