The fixed and mobile Internet users in Romania have experienced higher download speeds by over 40% this year compared to 2015, according to data presented by Romania’s telecom regulator ANCOM.

“On one hand, the increases could be correlated with a wider expansion of fixed networks, which allow higher transfer speeds, and on the other hand, with the expansion of advanced techniques and technology for mobile networks at a national level that came together with wider use of mobile terminals that can support higher data transfer speeds,” said Florin Dragomir, the head of ANCOM's Technical Regulation Department.

In the first half of 2016, the Romanian Internet users experienced average speeds of 27.72 Mbps for mobile downloads, according to data provided by Netograf.ro, ANCOM’s app that tests and monitors the local Internet services’ quality. The average speed for mobile connections indoor was 25.79 Mbps whereas outdoor it was 36.38 Mbps.

When it comes to the fixed Internet, the average download speed was 75.07 Mbps (114.46 Mbps for wire connections, and 46.05 for wireless connections).

The download speeds were over 40% higher compared to last year when Romanians experienced an average mobile download speed of 19.22 Mbps in 2015 while, for fixed Internet connections, the average speed was 53.22 Mbps.

The fixed and mobile Internet statistics were generated by Netograf.ro based on tests carried out by more than 120,000 users in the first half of 2016, out of which some 97,000 were validated and used for the official data.

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Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com