“Compared to Bangladesh, which saw a similar rate of improvement but lower speeds at 24.02 Mbps, and Pakistan, where speeds stayed relative...

Along with 5G, Samsung Galaxy S10 and iPhone 11 series sport Wi-Fi 6 certification.

India's global ranking fell to 121 from 109 a year ago as other countries rose much faster on the index of data speed.

On the coverage side, 4G was 89.8% available across India in the first quarter of 2019, as per Ookla.

With increasing instances of call drops and slow internet connectivity, the sector watchdog is pushing for increasing fibre connectivity.