Cisco Global Cloud Index Supplement: Cloud Readiness Regional Details [Global Cloud Index (GCI)]

What You Will Learn

The Cisco® Global Cloud Index is an ongoing effort to forecast the growth of global data center and cloud-based IP traffic. The study also includes a "Cloud Readiness" analysis that investigates the ability of each global region (Asia Pacific, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa, North America, and Western Europe) to support a sample set of basic, intermediate, and advanced business and consumer cloud applications. Each region's cloud readiness is assessed in relationship to the sample services based on download and upload fixed and mobile network speeds as well as associated network latencies (segmented by business and consumer connections). This supplement provides additional country-level details that collectively represent the basis for each region's network performance averages (speeds and latencies). Please see the Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2011-2016 for complete research findings and projections.

Country-Level Details of Regional Cloud Readiness

The Cloud Readiness portion of the Cisco Global Cloud Index includes over 90 million records from Ookla¹, the Cisco GIST application, and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The network performance data gathered represents nearly 150 countries around the world, covering a span of two years. The regional averages presented in the Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2011-2016 are based on the detailed analysis of these speed tests.

Individual countries may have slightly or significantly higher or lower averages compared to their regional averages for download speed, upload speed, and network latency. In some cases, individual countries did not have enough test results to warrant inclusion in a particular network metric category (e.g., fixed or mobile download or upload speed). Hence some countries are included in some categories but excluded from others. For normalization and to prevent skewing of the data, we have applied the 95th percentile methodology to our study (the top 5 percent and bottom 5 percent of results in fixed and mobile performance categories by country are excluded).

For the purposes of this study, participating countries are classified into two general categories: Cloud Prepared and Cloud Emerging. These categorizations are based on a combination of the country's network download, upload, and latency characteristics. Download speeds in kilobits per second (kbps), upload speeds in kilobits per second (kbps), and latency in milliseconds (ms) were given equal weights in calibrating each country's network performance. Countries that are classified as Cloud Prepared have network performance characteristics that are superior to countries that are classified as Cloud Emerging.

The following sections in the supplement present country-level cloud readiness results within each region and category. Countries are listed in alphabetical order. For a discussion about the relationship of application requirements to network capabilities, please refer to the Global Cloud Readiness section of the Cisco Global Cloud Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2011-2016.

Cloud Prepared: Fixed

Tables 1 through 3 provide details on individual countries that are Cloud Prepared. Table 1 lists countries that are cloud prepared based on their overall (consumer and business) fixed network characteristics, Table 2 lists countries that are cloud prepared based on their consumer fixed network characteristics, and Table 3 lists countries based on their business fixed network characteristics.

Table 1. Cloud Prepared Countries: Overall (Consumer and Business) Fixed Networks

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Hong Kong	27,710	22,570	32
	Japan	20,335	17,326	39
	Korea	23,222	22,682	38
	Singapore	19,399	12,255	38
	Taiwan	17,106	2,901	42
Central and Eastern Europe	Bulgaria	18,973	12,256	35
	Czech Republic	11,788	5,836	35
	Estonia	9,282	3,716	54
	Hungary	12,325	4,031	43
	Latvia	19,240	14,146	48
	Lithuania	26,810	21,308	39
	Moldova	13,567	9,659	56
	Romania	22,937	11,834	39
	Russian Federation	9,172	9,161	62
	Slovakia	10,356	4,298	46
	Slovenia	7,199	4,198	50
	Ukraine	11,300	8,710	70
Middle East and Africa	United Arab Emirates	8,002	2,952	51
North America	United States	10,332	2,956	64
Western Europe	Belgium	16,045	2,024	39
	Denmark	14,268	7,218	44
	Finland	10,848	3,435	60
	Germany	13,680	2,536	54
	Iceland	17,611	11,404	32
	Luxembourg	16,706	8,295	66
	Malta	12,811	1,345	35
	Netherlands	22,495	5,822	29
	Norway	15,771	7,665	52
	Portugal	17,267	3,047	43
	Sweden	20,835	9,657	53
	Switzerland	16,864	3,532	41
	United Kingdom	11,460	2,173	54

Table 2. Cloud Prepared Countries: Consumer Fixed Network

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Hong Kong	27,773	22,618	32
	Japan	20,414	17,462	39
	Korea	24,883	23,393	38
	Singapore	19,399	12,226	37
	Taiwan	17,133	2,902	41
Central and Eastern Europe	Bulgaria	18,969	12,256	35
	Czech Republic	11,796	5,839	35
	Estonia	9,281	3,715	54
	Hungary	12,334	4,033	43
	Latvia	19,242	14,146	48
	Lithuania	26,811	21,308	39
	Moldova	13,567	9,658	56
	Romania	22,934	11,829	39
	Russian Federation	9,171	9,160	62
	Slovakia	10,389	4,311	46
	Slovenia	7,199	4,198	50
	Ukraine	11,310	8,708	70
Middle East and Africa	United Arab Emirates	8,004	2,953	51
North America	United States	10,630	2,854	63
Western Europe	Austria	9,101	2,136	56
	Belgium	16,048	2,013	39
	Denmark	14,276	7,221	44
	Finland	10,852	3,436	60
	Germany	12,937	2,247	53
	Iceland	17,614	11,406	32
	Luxembourg	16,706	8,295	66
	Malta	12,821	1,345	34
	Netherlands	22,518	5,823	29
	Norway	15,780	7,663	52
	Portugal	17,268	3,046	43
	Sweden	20,857	9,660	52
	Switzerland	18,302	2,967	35
	United Kingdom	11,464	2,170	54

Table 3. Cloud Prepared Countries: Business Fixed Network

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Hong Kong	14,028	8,975	172
	Korea	24,005	23,874	80
	Taiwan	18,133	4,063	58
	Vietnam	10,471	9,259	76
Central and Eastern Europe	Bulgaria	23,255	13,057	46
	Estonia	13,493	4,727	64
	Hungary	15,500	5,196	52
	Latvia	24,359	16,488	59
	Lithuania	27,354	21,024	57
	Moldova	15,637	10,579	72
	Romania	25,413	13,079	52
	Russian Federation	11,781	10,271	77
	Slovenia	11,065	5,933	58
	Ukraine	14,702	10,246	83
North America	Canada	10,046	7,784	63
	United States	9,344	7,508	97
Western Europe	Germany	22,657	16,724	112
	Iceland	18,984	12,025	55
	Luxembourg	20,807	11,344	90
	Malta	15,100	1,567	45
	Portugal	20,904	3,473	53
	Spain	12,387	2,140	80
	Sweden	22,580	9,482	62

Cloud Emerging: Fixed

Tables 4 through 6 provide details on individual countries that are considered to be emerging, from a cloud preparedness perspective. Countries are listed within each region alphabetically. Table 4 lists countries that are cloud emerging based on their overall (consumer and business) fixed network characteristics, Table 5 is based on consumer fixed network characteristics, and Table 6 is based on business fixed network characteristics.

Table 4. Cloud Emerging Countries: Overall (Consumer and Business) Fixed Networks

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Australia	7,876	1,261	54
	Bangladesh	739	501	153
	Brunei Darussalam	1,699	646	136
	Cambodia	2,194	1,804	78
	China	5,075	2,960	87
	India	1,468	907	121
	Indonesia	1,009	440	139
	Malaysia	2,864	2,324	82
	Mongolia	3,263	2,043	92
	Nepal	919	738	127
	New Zealand	7,024	1,348	65
	Philippines	1,361	470	102
	Sri Lanka	2,193	513	125
	Thailand	5,200	965	71
	Vietnam	5,851	4,133	70
Central and Eastern Europe	Albania	2,568	1,051	102
	Armenia	3,059	2,358	88
	Azerbaijan	2,196	732	96
	Belarus	2,468	1,259	85
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,879	587	69
	Croatia	4,228	707	62
	Georgia	4,076	2,784	69
	Macedonia	5,609	2,139	60
	Montenegro	3,534	701	75
	Poland	8,006	2,297	57
	Serbia	4,167	861	59
	Turkey	4,508	1,121	59
Latin America	Argentina	2,959	757	74
	Brazil	4,891	975	67
	Chile	6,080	1,448	66
	Colombia	2,631	994	105
	Costa Rica	1,934	644	145
	Dominican Republic	1,561	634	111
	Ecuador	2,053	1,903	109
	El Salvador	2,128	1,174	113
	Guatemala	1,916	814	130
	Honduras	2,210	1,351	94
	Jamaica	2,748	706	122
	Mexico	3,688	1,204	90
	Nicaragua	1,996	866	99
	Panama	2,442	968	158
	Paraguay	1,276	806	184
	Puerto Rico	2,685	733	77
	Trinidad and Tobago	6,184	1,039	109
	Uruguay	2,392	530	75
	Venezuela	1,153	386	139
Middle East and Africa	Algeria	683	306	144
	Bahrain	2,229	803	114
	Egypt	1,029	330	132
	Ghana	2,618	984	122
	Iran	1,031	504	138
	Iraq	1,877	1,464	174
	Jordan	2,172	660	131
	Kazakhstan	4,049	2,736	101
	Kenya	2,856	1,740	114
	Kuwait	2,467	1,081	123
	Lebanon	920	230	263
	Mauritius	1,186	243	97
	Morocco	2,139	398	133
	Nigeria	1,299	1,005	239
	Oman	2,674	626	98
	Pakistan	1,245	511	131
	Qatar	3,001	1,430	85
	Saudi Arabia	4,030	755	92
	South Africa	2,045	764	95
	Syrian Arab Republic	725	275	215
	Tunisia	1,433	626	147
North America	Canada	10,215	1,564	59
Western Europe	Austria	9,103	2,141	56
	Cyprus	3,871	733	68
	France	9,214	1,974	66
	Greece	5,438	677	69
	Ireland	5,693	1,409	79
	Israel	8,460	1,060	52
	Italy	4,393	765	81
	Spain	10,203	1,642	69

Table 5. Cloud Emerging Countries: Consumer Fixed Network

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Australia	7,862	1,243	54
	Bangladesh	738	487	155
	Brunei Darussalam	1,694	643	137
	Cambodia	2,200	1,815	77
	China	5,075	2,941	87
	India	1,465	904	122
	Indonesia	1,006	436	139
	Malaysia	2,863	2,322	82
	Mongolia	3,308	1,149	92
	Nepal	918	736	127
	New Zealand	7,033	1,333	65
	Philippines	1,361	469	102
	Sri Lanka	2,194	513	125
	Thailand	5,194	955	71
	Vietnam	5,822	4,104	70
Central and Eastern Europe	Albania	2,588	1,039	103
	Armenia	3,024	2,329	89
	Azerbaijan	2,196	732	96
	Belarus	2,468	1,259	85
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,879	587	69
	Croatia	4,228	707	62
	Georgia	4,076	2,784	69
	Macedonia	5,609	2,139	60
	Montenegro	3,534	701	75
	Poland	8,008	2,296	57
	Serbia	4,166	859	59
	Turkey	4,507	1,120	59
Latin America	Argentina	2,961	756	74
	Brazil	4,894	975	67
	Chile	6,080	1,447	66
	Colombia	2,634	994	105
	Costa Rica	1,934	644	145
	Dominican Republic	1,561	634	111
	Ecuador	2,055	1,903	109
	El Salvador	2,128	1,174	113
	Guatemala	1,928	816	129
	Honduras	2,206	1,345	94
	Jamaica	2,748	706	122
	Mexico	3,685	1,203	90
	Nicaragua	1,994	866	100
	Panama	2,442	964	158
	Paraguay	1,275	807	184
	Puerto Rico	2,644	713	77
	Trinidad and Tobago	6,184	1,039	109
	Uruguay	2,391	530	75
	Venezuela	1,152	386	139
Middle East and Africa	Algeria	683	306	144
	Bahrain	2,229	803	114
	Egypt	1,029	330	132
	Ghana	2,634	988	121
	Iran	1,033	504	138
	Iraq	1,889	1,473	173
	Jordan	2,174	661	131
	Kazakhstan	3,888	2,497	101
	Kenya	2,853	1,727	114
	Kuwait	2,467	1,081	123
	Lebanon	893	234	261
	Mauritius	1,186	243	97
	Morocco	2,138	397	133
	Nigeria	1,290	993	239
	Oman	2,674	626	98
	Pakistan	1,245	510	131
	Qatar	3,001	1,430	85
	Saudi Arabia	4,030	755	92
	South Africa	2,043	760	95
	Syrian Arab Republic	725	275	215
	Tunisia	1,433	626	147
North America	Canada	10,243	1,565	59
Western Europe	Cyprus	3,872	732	68
	France	9,212	1,966	66
	Greece	5,438	677	69
	Ireland	5,708	1,411	79
	Israel	8,460	1,056	52
	Italy	4,393	765	81
	Spain	10,208	1,641	69

Table 6. Cloud Emerging Countries: Business Fixed Network

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload(kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Bangladesh	1,021	934	196
	Brunei Darussalam	2,374	1,127	185
	Cambodia	2,578	2,526	116
	Fiji	3,986	1,422	117
	Mongolia	7,430	5,698	143
	Myanmar	1,604	926	371
	Nepal	1,581	1,048	169
	New Zealand	8,826	3,023	79
	Sri Lanka	2,483	622	148
	Thailand	6,710	1,741	100
Central and Eastern Europe	Albania	3,493	1,498	106
	Armenia	4,518	3,174	105
	Azerbaijan	2,653	1,131	108
	Belarus	4,022	2,609	96
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,650	868	76
	Croatia	6,190	1,955	73
	Georgia	6,431	4,207	87
	Macedonia	7,005	3,109	65
	Montenegro	4,618	991	84
	Serbia	5,231	1,275	68
	Turkey	6,022	2,068	69
	Uzbekistan	1,586	1,099	183
Latin America	Bolivia	770	335	338
	Colombia	3,051	1,292	131
	Costa Rica	1,914	804	128
	Ecuador	2,615	2,313	124
	El Salvador	3,069	1,772	136
	Panama	3,051	1,293	163
	Paraguay	1,821	1,101	192
	Peru	1,564	505	262
	Trinidad and Tobago	7,928	1,260	118
	Uruguay	3,265	801	104
Middle East and Africa	Algeria	1,301	682	158
	Bahrain	2,889	1,058	131
	Egypt	1,390	536	148
	Ghana	4,142	2,273	154
	Iran	1,222	702	163
	Jordan	2,835	901	148
	Kazakhstan	5,275	3,935	118
	Kenya	4,291	2,616	168
	Kuwait	3,135	1,736	202
	Lebanon	1,254	279	269
	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	1,487	838	189
	Mauritius	1,275	326	171
	Morocco	2,517	433	139
	Nigeria	3,441	2,525	259
	Oman	3,560	1,129	116
	Pakistan	1,605	788	147
	Qatar	6,418	2,457	107
	Syrian Arab Republic	1,209	552	246
	Tunisia	1,881	744	155
	United Arab Emirates	10,180	4,164	79
Western Europe	Cyprus	4,686	1,143	81
	Greece	6,179	999	77
	Israel	10,245	1,217	68

Cloud Prepared: Mobile

No country within any region is cloud prepared from a mobile network perspective; hence are all categorized as cloud emerging in the next section.

Cloud Emerging: Mobile

Tables 7 through 9 provide details on individual countries that are Cloud Emerging, from a mobile network perspective.

Table 7. Cloud Emerging Countries: Overall (Consumer and Business) Mobile Networks

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Australia	2,894	950	161
	China	1,499	709	655
	Hong Kong	2,368	996	135
	India	1,246	748	323
	Indonesia	712	344	356
	Japan	2,146	827	141
	Korea	2,040	1,010	164
	Malaysia	1,488	550	192
	Philippines	1,255	571	212
	Singapore	2,251	746	113
	Taiwan	1,669	206	182
	Thailand	1,595	937	171
Central and Eastern Europe	Hungary	3,607	1,278	99
	Poland	3,080	1,207	135
	Romania	3,133	1,178	115
	Russian Federation	1,302	531	255
	Turkey	2,591	1,426	136
	Ukraine	541	184	413
Latin America	Brazil	897	446	271
	Chile	1,434	391	280
	Colombia	1,345	630	207
	Costa Rica	1,684	1,097	255
	Dominican Republic	1,308	833	198
	Mexico	1,522	916	193
	Puerto Rico	2,352	973	239
Middle East and Africa	Bahrain	1,870	736	132
	Kuwait	1,977	594	116
	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	942	458	366
	Morocco	930	501	194
	Saudi Arabia	2,689	906	186
	South Africa	2,629	1,253	134
	United Arab Emirates	3,133	1,353	120
North America	Canada	5,824	2,980	128
	United States	3,010	1,391	186
Western Europe	Austria	3,671	1,864	107
	Denmark	3,445	1,316	121
	Finland	3,439	1,791	136
	France	2,196	1,050	133
	Germany	2,847	1,144	150
	Ireland	1,947	1,089	174
	Israel	1,672	683	156
	Italy	2,592	1,210	136
	Netherlands	2,280	541	118
	Norway	2,394	1,543	204
	Portugal	2,875	1,561	105
	Spain	3,299	1,255	159
	Sweden	3,377	1,446	110
	Switzerland	2,437	1,078	143
	United Kingdom	2,585	1,177	154

Table 8. Cloud Emerging Countries: Consumer Mobile Network

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Australia	2,894	950	161
	China	1,499	709	655
	Hong Kong	2,368	996	135
	India	1,246	748	323
	Indonesia	712	344	356
	Japan	2,024	866	169
	Korea	2,040	1,010	164
	Malaysia	1,488	550	192
	New Zealand	4,197	1,216	107
	Philippines	1,255	571	212
	Singapore	2,251	746	113
	Taiwan	1,669	206	182
	Thailand	1,595	937	171
Central and Eastern Europe	Croatia	3,038	1,063	145
	Czech Republic	2,944	1,487	154
	Hungary	3,607	1,278	99
	Poland	3,080	1,207	135
	Romania	3,133	1,178	115
	Russian Federation	1,302	531	255
	Turkey	2,591	1,426	136
	Ukraine	541	184	413
Latin America	Bahamas	2,749	723	159
	Brazil	897	446	271
	Chile	1,434	391	280
	Colombia	1,345	630	207
	Costa Rica	1,684	1,097	255
	Dominican Republic	1,308	833	198
	Mexico	1,522	916	193
	Puerto Rico	2,352	973	239
Middle East and Africa	Algeria	695	340	253
	Bahrain	1,870	736	132
	Kuwait	1,977	594	116
	Lebanon	2,111	456	140
	Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	942	458	366
	Morocco	930	501	194
	Saudi Arabia	2,689	906	186
	South Africa	2,629	1,253	134
	United Arab Emirates	3,133	1,353	120
	Yemen	939	410	348
North America	Canada	5,824	2,980	128
	United States	3,010	1,391	186
Western Europe	Austria	3,671	1,864	107
	Denmark	3,445	1,316	121
	Finland	3,439	1,791	136
	France	2,196	1,050	133
	Germany	2,847	1,144	150
	Ireland	1,947	1,089	174
	Israel	1,672	683	156
	Italy	2,592	1,210	136
	Netherlands	2,280	541	118
	Norway	2,394	1,543	204
	Portugal	2,875	1,561	105
	Spain	3,299	1,255	159
	Sweden	3,377	1,446	110
	Switzerland	2,437	1,078	143
	United Kingdom	2,585	1,177	154

Table 9. Cloud Emerging Countries: Business Mobile Network

Region	Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Asia Pacific	Bangladesh	642	542	346
	Brunei Darussalam	1,451	678	211
	Cambodia	1,840	1,289	181
	Hong Kong	6,751	5,335	112
	Indonesia	839	450	336
	Japan	6,141	3,352	96
	Korea	8,065	7,852	106
	Maldives	1,453	807	379
	Myanmar	798	715	334
	Nepal	985	673	293
	New Caledonia	3,418	1,072	177
	New Zealand	5,537	1,282	108
	Philippines	844	237	346
	Samoa	1,522	406	400
	Singapore	2,132	289	153
	Solomon Islands	6,361	1,996	156
	Sri Lanka	1,839	597	278
	Taiwan	2,213	327	180
	Thailand	1,626	542	165
	Vietnam	2,009	593	251
Central and Eastern Europe	Albania	2,843	1,015	197
	Armenia	4,056	2,531	158
	Azerbaijan	2,480	1,053	171
	Belarus	2,794	1,187	184
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,377	732	106
	Bulgaria	8,115	5,869	105
	Czech Republic	6,420	3,499	88
	Estonia	4,423	2,187	134
	Georgia	4,891	3,718	136
	Hungary	6,659	2,641	92
	Latvia	7,487	5,991	110
	Lithuania	7,691	6,052	111
	Macedonia	4,699	1,859	114
	Moldova	6,573	5,330	127
	Montenegro	2,608	608	170
	Romania	8,235	4,365	96
	Serbia	3,648	1,013	127
	Slovakia	5,088	2,300	113
	Slovenia	5,975	3,301	85
	Tajikistan	1,619	615	221
	Turkmenistan	472	202	478
	Ukraine	6,875	5,334	165
	Uzbekistan	1,428	659	256
Latin America	Antigua and Barbuda	2,007	1,462	193
	Argentina	2,649	763	205
	Aruba	2,972	554	133
	Barbados	2,506	756	157
	Belize	594	451	315
	Bermuda	3,083	1,979	128
	Bolivia	592	302	641
	Brazil	3,187	725	220
	Cayman Islands	2,187	557	276
	Chile	3,563	999	243
	Colombia	2,021	791	218
	Costa Rica	684	310	134
	Ecuador	1,834	1,045	286
	El Salvador	2,036	774	270
	Guatemala	1,553	780	287
	Haiti	1,623	918	246
	Honduras	1,679	804	195
	Jamaica	3,355	975	265
	Panama	1,637	614	324
	Paraguay	1,616	687	292
	Peru	1,174	343	615
	Suriname	738	312	183
	Trinidad and Tobago	4,305	1,000	303
	Uruguay	2,083	540	158
	Venezuela	836	207	369
Middle East and Africa	Afghanistan	626	413	561
	Algeria	695	340	253
	Angola	1,044	498	317
	Cote D'Ivoire	871	611	415
	Ghana	1,592	749	234
	Iran	206	191	673
	Iraq	2,046	1,600	190
	Jordan	2,338	656	235
	Kazakhstan	3,331	2,068	224
	Kenya	2,354	1,118	311
	Kuwait	1,854	761	177
	Lebanon	1,300	344	166
	Mauritius	1,060	278	309
	Morocco	1,898	444	201
	Mozambique	797	436	334
	Namibia	1,277	445	334
	Nigeria	1,106	763	428
	Saudi Arabia	2,696	897	159
	Senegal	1,216	319	395
	South Africa	2,069	865	151
	Sudan	821	368	633
	Tanzania	837	519	623
	Tunisia	1,565	628	249
	Uganda	912	422	586
	Yemen	939	410	348
	Zambia	786	463	397
	Zimbabwe	981	502	355
North America	Canada	2,972	1,293	308
	United States	2,366	923	241
Western Europe	Belgium	8,484	1,730	94
	Denmark	3,288	1,492	88
	Finland	3,508	1,453	149
	Greece	4,781	810	110
	Greenland	4,149	1,601	192
	Iceland	7,399	5,373	90
	Isle of Man	5,604	822	104
	Israel	4,032	830	135
	Luxembourg	6,561	2,552	84
	Malta	6,853	1,153	104
	Netherlands	2,209	638	215
	Norway	6,874	3,846	140
	Portugal	8,379	2,578	87
	Sweden	2,462	890	150
	United Kingdom	2,480	948	335

Top Performers

Tables 10 and 11 highlight the countries with the top fixed and mobile network performance in 2012. Romania and Sweden are in both the fixed and mobile network top-performer categories.

Table 10. Top 10 Fixed Network Performing Countries in 2012 (Listed in Alphabetical Order)

Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Bulgaria	18,973	12,256	35
Hong Kong	27,710	22,570	32
Japan	20,335	17,326	39
Korea	23,222	22,682	38
Latvia	19,240	14,146	48
Lithuania	26,810	21,308	39
Netherlands	22,495	5,822	29
Romania	22,937	11,834	39
Singapore	19,399	12,255	38
Sweden	20,835	9,657	53

Table 11. Top 10 Mobile Network Performing Countries in 2012 (Listed in Alphabetical Order)

Country	Download (kbps)	Upload (kbps)	Latency (ms)
Austria	3,671	1,864	107
Canada	5,824	2,980	128
Denmark	3,445	1,316	121
Finland	3,439	1,791	136
Hungary	3,607	1,278	99
Poland	3,080	1,207	135
Portugal	2,875	1,561	105
Romania	3,133	1,178	115
Sweden	3,377	1,446	110
United Arab Emirates	3,133	1,353	120

Most Improved

Tables 12 and 13 provide details about the most improved countries in fixed and mobile network performance from 2011 to 2012.

Table 12. Most Improved Countries in Fixed Network Performance from 2011 to 2012

Country	Improvement (Y/Y)
Armenia	63%
Bahrain	53%
Cambodia	66%
China	58%
Colombia	52%
Ecuador	53%
Guatemala	77%
India	41%
Iran	66%
Israel	49%
Jordan	45%
Kenya	58%
Malaysia	43%
Mexico	41%
Mongolia	41%
Morocco	46%
Norway	43%
Puerto Rico	62%
Sri Lanka	49%
Venezuela	46%

Table 13. Most Improved Countries in Mobile Network Performance from 2011 to 2012

Country	Improvement Y/Y
Austria	50%
Canada	61%
Colombia	59%
Finland	59%
Germany	52%
Hungary	50%
Italy	52%
Kuwait	49%
Morocco	67%
Netherlands	55%
Philippines	64%
Poland	58%
Portugal	50%
Puerto Rico	58%
Singapore	52%
South Africa	50%
Spain	55%
Thailand	71%
United Kingdom	54%
United States	62%

Conclusion

Based on the regional average download and upload speeds and latencies for business and consumer connections, all regions can support some level of cloud services. However, no region's average network characteristics are currently able to support high-end, advanced cloud applications.

From an individual country perspective, some countries have average network performance characteristics that are significantly higher than that of their region. Although only a relatively small number of countries are currently able to support advanced cloud services, these countries will promote significantly greater cloud traffic growth rates due to the high-bandwidth services than can be offered over their networks (for example, high-definition video streaming).

In general, fixed networks offer better upload and download speeds and latencies than mobile networks. Given the growing global adoption of advanced mobile technologies, such as third- and fourth-generation (3G and 4G) Long-Term-Evolution (LTE) and the worldwide demand for wireless support of next-generation devices such as tablets, e-readers, and smartphones, we expect the performance gap between fixed and mobile networks to begin to close in the near future.

The study also indicates that business connections tend to have significantly greater capacity than consumer connections (fixed and mobile). From a business cloud services perspective, many networks are currently capable of supporting intermediate business applications (such as enterprise resource planning, customer resource management, and basic videoconferencing) and some are currently capable of supporting advanced business applications (such as high-definition video and audio conferencing). With the necessary infrastructure in place, businesses and enterprises of all sizes can effectively implement these productivity-enhancing applications and communications services.

While consumer connections are not as strong as business connections, they are generally able to support the most popular basic consumer cloud services, such as email, instant messaging, web browsing, social networking, and basic video and music streaming.

For More Information

For more information, please see www.cisco.com/go/cloudindex.

¹Measured by Speedtest.net, small binary files are downloaded and uploaded between the web server and the client to estimate the connection speed in kbps.

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