Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content ......Ookla trademarks used under license...

Second Quarter 2020

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Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia “meqyas”

Executive Summary01

CITC Quarterly releases the Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas”, which compares the speeds of service provid-ers 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 indi-cators to investors and parties interested in the sector’s performance in the Kingdom.

Quarterly Report for Internet Speeds and Digital Content Access Speed in the Kingdom “Meqyas”

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Download Speed (Mbps)

Upload Speed (Mbps)

Overview of Mobile Internet Speeds in the Kingdom

Q2 2020

DL GLOBALDL KSA

UL GLOBALUL KSA

Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data of average mobile download and upload speeds June 2017 through June 2020. Ookla trademarks used under license and reprinted with permission.


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66.54Mbps

34.67Mbps

10.46Mbps

18.73Mbps

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Jun17

Sep17

Dec17

Mar18

Jun18

Sep18

Dec18

Mar19

Jun19

Sep19

Dec19

Mar20

Jun20

17.63Mbps

11.01Mbps

7.59Mbps

7.93Mbps

0

5

10

15

20

Jun17

Sep17

Dec17

Mar18

Jun18

Sep18

Dec18

Mar19

Jun19

Sep19

Dec19

Mar20

Jun20

66.23

+7.12%

52.92

+8.53% +9.93%

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49.93

20.21-2.79%

12.18-0.17% +2.75%

11.55

KSAAverage

KSAAverage

-0.65%

16.89

Mobile Internet AverageDownload Speed

Mobile Internet AverageUpload Speed

Mobile Service Provider Speeds

Q2 2020

Third PlaceFirst Place Second Place


+8.54%

60.47Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps

Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps


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Percentage change compared to Q1 2020% %Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data of average fixed download and upload speeds Jan - June 2020.

103.25

-4.47%

79.45

+9.27% +2.36%

04

59.10

KSAAverage

Fixed Internet AverageDownload Speed

Fixed Internet AverageUpload Speed

Fixed Service Provider Speeds

Q2 2020

+6.96%

57.94

-9.54%

16.39

+6.21%

63.61

Third Place Fourth Place Fifth PlaceFirst Place Second Place

29.48+8.14%

23.54+5.09% -2.16%

21.24

KSAAverage

-6.39%

13.33-32.9%

7.44+3.81%

22.34

Third Place Fourth Place Fifth PlaceFirst Place Second Place

Percentage change compared to Q1 2020% %

Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps

Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps

Mbps

Mbps

Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data of average fixed download and upload speeds Jan - June 2020.


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Service Provider Regional Performance

Mobile Internet AverageDownload Speed

Q2 2020

Riyadh

Hail

Al Qassim

Najran

Aseer

Tabuk

Al Madinah

Makkah

Al Bahah

Jazan

Eastern

Northern Borders

Al Jowf

1

2

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

First Place1 Second Place2 Third Place3Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data of average mobile download speeds April - June 2020.


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06

Number of Governorateswith 5G


KSATotal

35122027 Governorates

GovernoratesGovernoratesGovernorates

Q2 2020

�G Deployments Acrossthe Kingdom


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07

5G Deployment*

1 2 3

1 2

1

1 2 3

1 2

1 2 3

1 2 3

1 2 3

1

1

1

2

3

1

1

Service Provider RegionalPerformance

Riyadh

Hail

Al Qassim

Najran

Aseer

Tabuk

Al Madinah

Makkah

Al Bahah

Jazan

Eastern

Northern Borders

Al Jowf

*based on the percentage of 5G sites in each region

Q2 2020

First Place1 Second Place2 Third Place3


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�G Download Speeds Mobile

Q2 2020

467.02+4.03%

348.57-0.92% +3.34%

241.34

Mobile 5G Average Download Speed1

Mobile 5G Download Speed Range2


+1.18%

393.14Mbps Mbps Mbps Mbps

KSAAverage

KSAAverage

+13.69%177.43 Mbps

+1.5%771.92 Mbps

+0.08%112.75 Mbps

+4.85%618.45 Mbps

+34.64%64.72 Mbps

+7.11%452.75 Mbps

+2.06%113.84 Mbps

+5.03%681.86 Mbps

1 Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® 5G average data mobile download speeds Jan-June 2020. 2 Based on analysis by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® 5G top 10% and bottom 10% mobile download speeds Jan-June 2020.

Percentage change compared to Q1 2020%% %


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Fixed Internet Video Streaming Quality

99.74% 98.71% 98.53% 97.38%

Q2 2020

Third Place Fourth PlaceFirst Place Second Place

Successful rate of Ultra HD streaming%


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Based on analysis by SamKnows Ltd.

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Latency for Most Used Social MediaPlatforms in the Kingdom

Q2 2020


341 ms

85 ms

4 ms

321 ms

69 ms 86 ms

77 ms

4 ms

3 ms

277 ms

65 ms

75 ms

3 ms

2 ms

260 ms

41 ms

65 ms


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Based on analysis by SamKnows Ltd.Low latency means better performancems : Milliseconds

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Latency for Most Played VideoGames in The Kingdom

Q2 2020


91 ms

193 ms

42 ms

26 ms

77 ms

45 ms

29 ms

22 ms

67 ms

32 ms

28 ms

20 ms

28 ms

30 ms

20 ms

89 ms86 ms


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Based on analysis by SamKnows Ltd.Low latency means better performancems : Milliseconds

12

212 ms

267 ms

96 ms

211 ms

265 ms

92 ms

209 ms

152 ms

91 ms

208 ms

142 ms

85 ms 90 ms 98 ms62 msGoogle Meet

Q2 2020

Latency for Most Common Video conferencing Platforms in the Kingdom



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Low latency means better performance Based on analysis by SamKnows Ltd.ms : Milliseconds

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