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Has Kolkata really beaten Singapore and Hong Kong in 4G telephony?

The overall internet penetration in India might have improved, but the mobile internet speed continues to remain sluggish, ranking even lower than neighbours Sri Lanka and Pakistan

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Khalid Anzar New Delhi
So far as the availability of 4G LTE services are concerned, Kolkata, apparently, fares better than some of the most popular regions like Singapore and Hong Kong. The West Bengal capital, with an overall score of 90.7 per cent, tops not only among the 22 telecom circles of India but leaves behind Hong Kong (90.4 per cent), Singapore (86.6 per cent), Taipei (89.8 per cent) and Kuala Lumpur (80.8 per cent) in terms of 4G coverage, according to a report in UK-based data analytics firm OpenSignal.

What does this really mean? Is it a confirmation of India's unusually improved

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