In Europe, Romania ranks 10th by average Internet connection speed in 2012.
In 2010, Romania ranked 4th by average Internet connection speed worldwide and 1st in Europe.
Young infrastructure advantages Romania, the upgrade costs for the networks in Germany, France or Great Britain toughening the transition to more rapid connections, the survey also read.
Average Internet connection speed in Romania increased 3.6% in the first quarter compared with end-2011, to 6.6 megabytes per second. Compared with the first quarter of 2011, average Internet speed was down 0.3%.
Thus, Romania ranks 8th by the average Internet speed in a regional top including Europe, Middle East and Africa, from the 5th position at the end of 2011.
Countries such as United Arab Emirates rank 19th in the region and 33rd worldwide with an average speed of 4.7, while Turkey ranks 23rd in the region and 58th worldwide with 2.9 Mbps.
In Europe, the Nederland’s ranks first with 8.8 Mbps, followed by Switzerland with 8.1 Mbps, Ireland with 7.3 Mbps, the Czech Republic and Belgium with 7.1 Mbps, Finland with 6.9 Mbps and Denmark with 6.7 Mbps.
Average global Internet speed increased 14% in the first quarter compared with end-2011 and 25% on the year, at 2.6 Mbps, mostly due to high-speed broadband connections in countries such as South Korea, Switzerland or the United States.
South Korea ranked 1st by average Internet speed, with 15.7 Mbps, followed by Japan, with 10.9 Mbps, Hong Kong, 9.3 Mbps, the Nederland’s and Latvia with 8.8 Mbps. The United States rank 12th, with 6.7 Mbps.