ITU Ranks Egypt 72nd Globally for Internet Speed

By Yomna Yasser On Jul 12, 2014

The International Telecommunication Union has released its annual Information and Communications Technology (ICT) figures for 2014, which ranks Egypt 72^nd for fixed broadband subscriptions by service speed out of 87 countries.

In Egypt, the average speed access to the internet ranges between 256 Kbps and 2 Mbps, the report added.

Meanwhile, South Korea is ranked first globally in the ITU’s report in terms of the provided speed of internet services.

According to the report, UAE tops the Arab World in providing high-speed internet services, coming in the 50^th position, with average speed access to the internet ranging between to 2 Mbps and 8 Mbps.

Furthermore, ITU ranks Saudi Arabia and Morocco 52^nd and 59^th, respectively.

There are 38.75 million internet users in Egypt.