According to a recent assessment by Ookla, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) now possesses the world’s fastest mobile internet speed.
According to Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index, an online tool that assesses internet speed performance, the UAE will be the world leader in mobile internet speed for the majority of the first half of 2023.
In June, the country reached its pinnacle, with a download speed of 204.24 Mbps and an upload speed of 22.72 Mbps.

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Surprisingly, the UAE has won the top rank five times out of six in 2023, taking the lead in January, February, March, May, and June. In April, they were ranked second.
In terms of fixed broadband speed, the UAE is also no slouch, ranking second globally in June. With a download speed of 239.2 Mbps, it took first place in the region and among Arab nations.
Singapore, on the other hand, stole the show with an average speed of 247.29 Mbps.
Ookla’s quarterly reports revealed a few more intriguing information. Etisalat, a major telecom player, had the fastest median download speeds for both mobile and fixed broadband in the second quarter of 2023, at 216.65 Mbps and 261.98 Mbps, respectively.
Not only that, but Etisalat had the fastest median 5G download speed at 680.88 Mbps and the lowest median mobile multi-server latency at 35ms.