The United Arab Emirates has risen two places to take second place in the global mobile broadband speed test in December, according to the Ookla Global Speed Test Index.
The country surpassed Qatar and is now just behind South Korea in the mobile broadband speed test.
Last month, Qatar ranked second and now ranks third in December.
The overall average download speed is 32.01Mbps in December, while the upload speed is 12.02Mbps.
In the UAE, the average download speed is 86.77Mbps while the upload speed is 25.55Mbps.
In November, the average download speed in the UAE was 69.72Mbps while the upload speed was 21.85Mbps.
The global speed test compares Internet speed data from around the world every month. The data for the index comes from the hundreds of millions of tests performed by real people who use the speed test every month.
In December, the average download speed in South Korea was 103.18Mbps and 20.55Mbps in upload speed.
Compared to other Gulf Cooperation countries, Saudi Arabia ranks second in 13th place with a download speed of 55.58Mbps, Kuwait jumped six places higher to 28 with a download speed of 46.52Mbps, Oman moved four places down to 33rd with a download speed of 42.97 Mbps, while Bahrain jumped higher than 47 with a download speed of 35.64 Mbps.
In fixed broadband space, the UAE lost a lower place to 30 with an average download speed of 90.57Mbps, while the average loading speed is 38.78Mbps.
The overall average download speed improved from 71.55Mbps in November to 73.58Mbps in December, while the upload speed was 40.39Mbps in December compared to 38.91Mbps in November.
The three main countries are Singapore, Hong Kong and Monaco.
In Singapore, the average download speed is 200.12Mbps, while it is 164.88Mbps in Hong Kong and 148.91Mbps in Monaco.
Compared to other Gulf Cooperation countries, Qatar jumped one place higher to 40th with a download speed of 73.94Mbps, followed by Kuwait jumped five places to 44 with a download speed of 65.92Mbps, Saudi Arabia jumped two places higher to 53º with 52.93 Mbps, Oman jumped 20 places higher to 66º with 42.22Mbps, Bahrain fell three places lower to 95º with 26.98Mbps.