24.10.2018

“In the first half of 2018, the internet users in Romania enjoyed higher average data transfer speeds, both as regards the fixed and the mobile internet. According to statistics on the quality of fixed and mobile internet in Romania, updated today on Netograf.ro, the users benefited from download speeds of 134.03 Mbps for fixed internet and 24.11 Mbps for mobile internet. Moreover, we are glad that the numbers of tests on our application increased by 30%, which shows the users’ growing interest in checking the quality of their internet connections by means of the official ANCOM app”, declared Sorin GRINDEANU, President of ANCOM.

Evolution of average download and upload speeds

Tests performed on www.netograf.ro show that in the first half of 2018, Romanian users witnessed fixed internet download speeds that were 14% higher nationwide and mobile internet download speeds higher by 16%, compared to the second half of 2017. Thus, the fixed internet average download speed for the 5 largest providers of fixed internet services, by number of connections, was 134.03 Mbps for fixed internet download and 24.11 Mbps for mobile internet download.

A growth trend is also remarked in the average fixed and mobile upload speed. Statistics reveal that, in the first half of the year, Romanian users benefited average speeds of 96.42 Mbps for fixed internet (up by 3% compared to the second half of 2017) and 11.51 Mbps (up by 21%).

Among the largest fixed internet providers, the average download speed for the tests performed over wired connections was 221.90 Mbps, whereas wireless connections enabled 68.55 Mbps on average, shows Netograf. Furthermore, the average upload speed for tests over wired connections was 148.87 Mbps, while wireless connections enabled, on average, 57.35 Mbps.

Statistics on the average fixed internet speeds, H1 2018 vs. H2 2017

* fixed internet providers with the highest number of users, in alphabetical order

Statistics on the average mobile internet speeds, H1 2018 vs. H2 2017

** mobile communications providers, in alphabetical order

30% more tests on Netograf.ro  

ANCOM performs, through Netograf.ro, half-yearly and annual statistics on the quality of the fixed and mobile Internet access service in Romania, including the average data download speeds as witnessed by each user who performed the measurements through the application, itemised by operator.

By means of Netograf.ro, the users performed over 177,000 validated tests (30% more than in the second half of 2017). Average fixed data transfer rates were generated on the basis of 142,453 tests conducted for the first five fixed internet providers, and the average mobile data transfer rates were generated based on 29,167 validated for all the mobile internet providers.

Netograf.ro tests the quality of the connection between the end-user terminal equipment and a test server connected to the national internet interexchange public nodes.

How to use Netograf.ro

Netograf.ro is easy to use and provides real-time and accurate results. All you have to do is select your offer type and choose the access modality - wireless or wired, for fixed internet, and indoor or outdoor for mobile internet. A test takes approximately 30 seconds, and the results obtained may be analysed and compared in the context of the statistics published on a half-yearly and annual basis.

About Netograf.ro

Netograf.ro is the application for monitoring and assessing the quality of the internet access service developed by ANCOM in order to offer the Romanian users an instrument which is independent (does not depend on the servers made available by the providers and/or their location), objective (presents the internet access service quality as experienced by the end-users, since it is measured using a single reference point for all the users of internet access services in Romania) and free of charge.