Dubai: It’s now official: Dubai International Airport has the fastest internet connection among major passenger terminals around the world.
Speedtest, which measures internet performance, has just released the results of its study using data for March to May 2017. It looked at speeds of free airport Wi-Fi and local cellular signals at the busiest airline hubs.
The results of the study showed that travellers won’t get disappointed if they have plenty of time to kill while waiting for their flight at Dubai International. The free Wi-Fi at the airport emerged as the fastest in Asia, Europe or Africa.
Speedtest said that holidaymakers and business travellers jetting off to Dubai - or simply passing through- will find that, with the free Wi-Fi, they can send emails, post on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter faster than they can load web pages or stream videos.
“Dubai reigns when it comes to free airport Wi-Fi. In fact, this airport has the fastest Wi-Fi we’ve seen at any airport in Asia, Europe or Africa,” Speedtest said. “Their average upload speed is even faster than their download.”
Seoul airport has the second-fastest Wi-Fi, followed by Tokyo Haneda Airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport in India and Singapore Changi Airport in the top five.
“UAE has clearly prioritised airport Wi-Fi because the Wi-Fi download speed at Dubai International is nearly double the country’s average of 22.12 Mbps,” Speedtest added.
Speedtest also looked at how fast mobile phone users can connect to free Wi-Fi by measuring the strength of cell networks.
Travellers from Dubai enjoy the second-fastest cell network, beating the country’s average of 29.81 Mbps, while Singapore occupied the top spot. The average mobile download speed at Singapore’s Changi Airport is nearly as fast as the country’s average of 46.12 Mbps.
“Singapore ranks second fastest in the world for mobile downloads, that’s a hard speed to beat.”
