Internet Access Services: Status as of December 31, 2024

Total connections increased by about 1.7% between December 2023 and December 2024 to 554 million.  Mobile connections increased 1.3% year-over-year to 419 million in December 2024, while fixed connections grew to 135 million – up about 3.0% from December 2023. The 135 million fixed connections reported for December 2024 were distributed across four groups of downstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 25 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 940 Mbps. The 135 million fixed connections reported for December 2024 were distributed across four groups of upstream speeds defined by breakpoints at 3 Mbps, 20 Mbps, and 500 Mbps. The percentage of fixed connections with a downstream speed of at least 100 Mbps has grown from 67% (or 81 million connections) in December 2020 to 83% (or 112 million connections) in December 2024.  Over the same period, the percentage of fixed connections with downstream speeds of less than 25 Mbps has decreased from 15% (or 18 million connections) in December 2020 to about 5% (or about 6 million connections) in December 2024.