Akamai Technologies via its 'Third Quarter, 2014 State of the Internet Report' unveiled further insights on the use of mobile internet including increases in global connection speeds, broadband penetration across fixed and mobile networks, internet security, global 4K readiness, and IPv4 exhaustion and IPv6 implementation. Based on data gathered from the Akamai Intelligent Platform, the leading content delivery and security networks solutions provider highlighted that the global broadband adoption rate has reached 60%.
Akamai now classifies broadband as speeds of 4Mbps or greater, and high broadband as speeds of 10Mbps or greater. The report showed that for the second consecutive quarter, the global average connection speeds remained above the 4Mbps mark, despite a slight decline in the third quarter of 2014, dropping 2.8 percent to 4.5Mbps. South Korea once again emerges top for broadband speeds, with average connection speeds of 25.3Mbps while Hong Kong came second with average connection speeds of 16.3Mbps. In terms of peak connection speeds, Hong Kong retained its top position with average peak connection speeds of 84.6Mbps, followed closely by Singapore at 83Mbps, although the average peak speeds also saw a slight decline in the third quarter, dropping 2.3% to 24.8 Mbps.
South Korea maintains highest level of 4K readiness, with two-thirds of connections to Akamai at or above 15 Mbps. Akamai clasifies 15Mbps and above connection as 4K ready as the Ultra HD adaptive bitrate streams typically require bandwidth between 10 and 20 Mbps.
South Korea also continues to have the highest average mobile connection speed, growing from 15.2 Mbps to 18.2 Mbps in the third quarter, while Singapore lead the other countries in the average peak mobile connection speeds with 98 Mbps.
