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First home-grown internet speed test app launched

i-Speed, the first Made-in-Vietnam internet speed measuring app, was rolled out in Hanoi on April 2 by the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) and the Authority of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Information and Communications.
First home-grown internet speed test app launched ảnh 1i-Speed is the first Made-in-Vietnam internet speed measuring app. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - i-Speed, the first Made-in-Vietnam internet speedmeasuring app, was rolled out in Hanoi on April 2 by the Vietnam InternetNetwork Information Centre (VNNIC) and the Authority of Telecommunications underthe Ministry of Information and Communications.

The app was developed by VNNIC from a web-based system to measure internetaccess quality in Vietnam.

Available on iOS and Android platforms, i-Speed helps users check the speed oftheir internet connection, including download and upload speeds, ping, andjitter, and quickly evaluates network service quality.

Representatives from VNNIC and the Authority of Telecommunications said thati-Speed’s development together with data on internet access quality hascontributed to completing multidimensional statistics on Vietnam’s internet whilepromoting competitiveness between service providers.

Figures from i-Speed show that average download and upload speeds across mobilenetworks reached 40.47 Mbps and 25.73 Mbps, respectively, in the first quarter.Those on fixed broadband were 57.60 Mbps and 47.40 Mbps.
First home-grown internet speed test app launched ảnh 2i-Speed is available on iOS and Android platforms. (Photo: VNA)
Last year, VNNIC joined hands with the Authority of Telecommunications andnetwork service providers to develop internet speed measurement facilities in30 localities nationwide.

Ten businesses are now carrying out internet speed measurements: VNPT, Viettel,Vietnamobile, MobiFone, NetNam, HTC, FPT Telecom, CMC Telecom, SCTV, and SPT.

In the time to come, VNNIC will work to upgrade i-Speed to ensure that Vietnamhas a safe and modern internet network and to improve the capacity of digitalinfrastructure to serve national digitalisation goals.

Data on the internet connectivity speeds of internet service providers isannounced on https://speedtest.vn and https://i-speed.vn,helping users choose suitable internet service providers./.
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