Roque made these pronouncements as the Philippines ranked close to the bottom in terms of LTE availability and speed, according to research firm OpenSignal. LTE availability in the Philippines was at 58.83 percent—an improvement compared to the Philippines’ LTE availability of 52.77 percent in OpenSignal’s June 2017 report. In terms of LTE speed, Singapore was the leader with an average download speed of 46.64 Mbps, followed by South Korea with 45.85 Mbps and Norway with 42.02 Mbps. India, meanwhile, had the lowest LTE speed at 6.13 Mbps. John Paolo BencitoThe President earlier said he was planning to allow four to six foreign Internet service providers to break the country’s telecommunications duopoly in a bid to promote greater competition for faster Internet services.

Source: The Standard November 03, 2017 14:26 UTC