Mobile Internet speed increased in first half of 2021 — TRC

AMMAN — The average Internet speed on mobile phones by the end of the first half of 2021 for all telecommunication companies in the Kingdom went up to 23.46 megabits per second (Mbps) compared with 19.48 Mbps during the same period of 2020, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) said on Tuesday.

The TRC said that the average Internet speed for mobile phones in the first half of 2020 for the fourth generation stood at 21.8 Mbps, increasing to 24.7 Mbps in the January-June period of 2021, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

The commission attributed the increase to the hike in demand imposed by the pandemic-induced shift to remote work and online learning. Average speed for fixed Internet subscriptions by the end of the first six months of 2020 stood at 56 Mbps, which grew to 65.4 Mbps by the end of June 2021, the TRC said, attributing this to the increase in fibre Internet subscriptions.