Romania lost the leading position in Europe considering Internet connection speed and fell to the fifth position in the last quarter of 2011, reads the report.
The average Internet connection speed in Romania fell by about 8% in the analyzed interval, from 7 Mbps to 6.4 Mbps.
Timisoara is the only Romanian city included in the top 100 cities with the fastest average Internet connection speed. Timisoara is ranked 89th with an average broadband speed of 7.4 Mbps. In the last quarter of 2010, Romania was present in the top with two cities – Constanta (ranked 56th, with 8.23 Mbps) and Iasi (ranked 75th, with 7.63 Mbps).
Average mobile data connection speeds in Romania increased by over 62% in the last quarter of 2011, from 598 Kbps to 973 Kbps.
According to the report, only one mobile operator in Romania participated in the survey.
South Korea is ranked first in the world regarding average Internet connection speed, with 17.5 Mbps, up 28% compared with the last quarter of 2010. The Asian country is followed by Japan (9.1 Mbps), Hong Kong (9.1 Mbps), the Netherlands (8.2 Mbps), Latvia (7.8 Mbps), Switzerland (7.3 Mbps), Ireland (6.8 Mbps), the Czech Republic (6.7 Mbps), Romania (6,4 Mbps) and Belgium (6.1 Mbps).