Staff writer with CNATaiwan ranked 19th in a worldwide Internet connection speed report conducted in the fourth quarter of last year, Akamai Technologies Inc said. The report included data on average connection speeds, broadband adoption rates and average mobile connection speeds, the company said. Taiwan’s average mobile connection speed was 12.0Mbps, the fifth-fastest in Asia, the report said. The average connection speed worldwide was 7.0Mbps, an improvement from the previous quarter, the report said. The UK topped the average mobile connection speed rankings with 26.9Mbps, while Venezuela was last with 2.9Mbps, the report said.

Source: Taipei Times March 13, 2017 16:01 UTC