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First Quarter 2021
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia “Meqyas”
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202102
Executive Summary
CITC Quarterly releases the Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the King-dom “Meqyas”, which compares the speeds of service providers in the Kingdom through download, upload and 5G speeds, ranks the best performing operators in each region and covers the most commonly used applications and video games in the Kingdom
Through the publication of Meqyas report, CITC aims to increase competition between service providers as well as transparency in the sector by providing data and indicators to investors and parties interested in the sector’s performance in the Kingdom
Overview of Internet Performance in the Kingdom
Percentage change compared to Q4 2020%%
Governorates
53Mbps
322.42
Mbps
+22.53%
+8.87%
119.52Mbps
+6.71%
21.32
KSA TotalKSA Average
KSA AverageKSA Average
Mobile Internet AverageDownload Speed
Mobile Internet AverageUpload Speed
Number of Governorateswith 5G
Mobile 5G AverageDownload Speed
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202103
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202104
Fiber Service Providers Speeds
Fiber InternetAverageDownload Speed
Fiber InternetAverageUpload Speed
Fiber average speeds are derived from Ookla® data using operator provided IP subnets between Jan - Mar 2021
1 39.41Mbps
First Place
2 38.44Mbps
Second Place
3 29.35Mbps
Third Place
4 21.81Mbps
Fourth Place
5 12.45Mbps
Fifth Place
1 113.33Mbps
2 90.08Mbps
3 89.85Mbps
4 86.28Mbps
5 45.61Mbps
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Fourth Place
Fifth Place
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202105
1 130.84+23.21%
Mbps
2 102.27+10.95%
Mbps
3 99.29+27.13%
Mbps
119.52+22.53%
Mbps
21.32+6.71%
Mbps
1 23.52+3.39%
Mbps
First Place
2 18.08+16.86%
Mbps
Second Place
3 16.86+8.16%
Mbps
Third Place
First Place
Second Place
Third Place
Mobile Service Provider Speeds
Mobile InternetAverageDownload Speed
Mobile InternetAverageUpload Speed
KSAAverage
KSAAverage
Percentage Change compared to Q4 2020% Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data of average mobile download and upload speeds comparing Oct - Dec 2020 to Jan - Mar 2021.
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202106
Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data of average mobile download speeds Jan - Mar 2021.
First Place1 Second Place2 Third Place3
Service Provider Regional PerformanceMobile Internet AverageDownload Speed
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
13
2
1
3
2
13
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
Riyadh
Hail
Al Qassim
Najran
Aseer
Tabuk
Al Madinah
Makkah
Al Bahah
Eastern
Northern Borders
Al Jowf
Jazan
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202107
1 2First Place Second Place
43 43 21GovernoratesGovernoratesGovernorates
KSA Total
Governorates
53
Number of Governorates with 5G1
2 Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® 5G Median data mobile download speeds between Jan - March 2021
1 Satisfying CITC deployment requirements.
1 2 3Second Place Third Place
350.47 348.33 231.83
KSA Average
322.42
Mobile 5G Average Download Speed2
Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps
5G in the Kingdom
First Place
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
3
2
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
3
2
1
2
3
1
2
3
1
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202108
Based on the percentage of 5G sites in each region and CITC deployment requirements
First Place1 Second Place2 Third Place3
5G Deployment
Service Provider Regional Performance
Riyadh
Al Qassim
Najran
Aseer
Tabuk
Al Madinah
Makkah
Al Bahah
Eastern
Northern Borders
Al Jowf
Jazan
Hail
1 2
3
First Place Second Place
Third Place
99.87% 99.81%
98.87%
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 20219
Fiber Internet Video Streaming Quality
Based on analysis by SamKnows Ltd.Successful rate of Ultra HD streaming%
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202110
8 ms
81 ms
86 ms
72 ms
83 ms
77 ms
25 ms
4 ms4 ms60 ms24 ms
4
2
3
1
Latency for Most Used Social Media Platforms in the Kingdom
Fourth Place
Second Place
Third Place
First Place
Low latency means better performance Based on analysis by SamKnows Ltd.ms : Milliseconds
8 ms
Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas” - First Quarter 202111
4Fourth Place
2
3
Second Place
Third Place
1First Place
Google Meet
206 ms 86 ms 87 ms
211 ms 91 ms 94 ms
212 ms 92 ms 107 ms
117 ms213 ms94 ms 108 ms
Latency for Most Common Videoconferencing Platforms in the Kingdom
Low latency means better performance Based on analysis by SamKnows Ltd.ms : Milliseconds
87 ms
88 ms
90 ms