Mumbai showed the worst performance among Indian cities in terms of fixed broadband speed in February 2025 with a rank of 123 (on a scale of 1-200), as per Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index. Overall, India’s rank slipped from 94 to 95 in the global index since January 2025.

Among the two Indian cities considered in the Index, Mumbai performed the worst rank in fixed broadband, with a download speed of 58.24 Mbps and an upload speed of 56.30 Mbps. Latency was recorded at 5 milliseconds. In comparison, the other city, Delhi, ranked at 89, reported download speeds of 91.11 Mbps and 88.16 Mbps with a 5 millisecond latency.

Overall, India recorded a download speed of 61.66 Mbps and an upload speed of 57.89 Mbps, with a latency of 7 milliseconds. A year ago, download speeds stood at 62.19 Mbps and upload speeds at 54.44 Mbps. While the upload speed has consistently increased over the months, download speeds have declined since 64.45 Mbps in April 2024.

 According to Mahesh Uppal, Director of Com First (India), fixed broadbands are a major challenge for commercial cities like Mumbai where the terrain of the city is complicated, and the population density is high. Obtaining rights of way from municipal and other bodies is a major challenge. Unlike developed cities that have a consistent housing layout like a multi-storeyed building, Mumbai has a complex architecture which makes it difficult to provide fixed-line services.

Published on April 2, 2025