Telcel and Totalplay top Ookla's Mexico connectivity rankings

Telcel delivered a mean 5G download speed of 194.33 Mbps in Mexico in the first half of 2026, more than four and a half times the 42.54 Mbps recorded by second-placed Movistar, according to measurement firm Ookla's connectivity report covering January to June.

The study draws on millions of user-initiated Speedtest results plus quality-of-experience (QoE) metrics, and covers both mobile and fixed networks across the country. Its headline conclusions: América Móvil's Telcel dominates mobile connectivity, while Grupo Salinas-owned Totalplay leads fixed broadband — a result that largely confirms the market structure Mexico's regulator already knows, rather than revealing any new challenger.

What did Telcel win on?

Telcel posted the best mobile Speedtest Connectivity Score at 64.90, and also led the 5G category at 66.74. Its overall mobile download average was 76.08 Mbps, against 30.60 Mbps for Movistar. On upload, Telcel achieved 12.07 Mbps across all mobile technologies and 22.05 Mbps on 5G. Latency stood at 65 ms overall and 56 ms on 5G.

In the mobile Speed Score, Telcel scored 61.48 points, ahead of Movistar (40.37), AT&T (37.37) and ALTAN Redes (28.64). The gap between first and second place — more than 21 points — is the widest in the mobile table.

Network consistency followed the same pattern. Some 90.5% of Telcel samples met or exceeded the 5 Mbps download and 1 Mbps upload thresholds, compared with 80.6% for Movistar, 70.6% for ALTAN Redes and 69.2% for AT&T. Telcel also took the best mobile video playback scores, 73.99 overall and 83.44 on 5G, plus the highest user rating at 3.35 stars out of five — a rating that, it is worth noting, is closer to three stars than to four.

Where is mobile fastest?

Among Mexico's most populous cities, Zapopan led mean mobile download speed at 57.03 Mbps, followed by Mérida (51.87 Mbps) and Guadalajara (48.88 Mbps). Ecatepec de Morelos propped up the list of large cities at 26.82 Mbps — meaning a user there gets less than half the throughput of one in Zapopan.

By state, Yucatán ranked first at 48.67 Mbps, narrowly ahead of Quintana Roo (48.20 Mbps) and Tabasco (48.02 Mbps). Hidalgo recorded the lowest figure, 24.72 Mbps.

How did fixed broadband shape up?

Totalplay earned Mexico's best fixed broadband Connectivity Score at 73.95, ahead of Mega Fibra (71.68), Megacable (70.40), Telmex (67.84) and izzi (63,76 — reported as 63.76). It was also the fastest ISP by Speed Score at 64.36, with a mean download of 173.28 Mbps, upload of 147.99 Mbps and latency of 25 ms.

The near-symmetry of Totalplay's download and upload figures is unusual in a market where cable operators typically offer far slower upstream speeds. Mega Fibra took second place on download at 133.46 Mbps. Totalplay also scored 72.85 for video and posted a Gaming Score of 85.68 for online gaming.

Fixed network consistency produced no statistical winner: Totalplay (89.5%), Mega Fibra (89.0%) and Megacable (88.9%) were separated by fractions of a percentage point, a contrast with the mobile table where Telcel's lead is unambiguous.

Which regions lead on fixed?

Among major cities, Santiago de Querétaro had the highest mean fixed download at 153.71 Mbps, with Zapopan second (134.56 Mbps) and Monterrey third (129.52 Mbps). Ecatepec de Morelos again sat at the bottom, at 103.58 Mbps.

By state, Sonora led with 147.97 Mbps, ahead of Nuevo León (120.00 Mbps) and Jalisco (119.62 Mbps). Oaxaca recorded the lowest state average, 77.78 Mbps — roughly half of Sonora's figure.

Ookla's report is a measurement snapshot, not a market analysis, and it says nothing about coverage footprint, pricing or the state of 5G rollout beyond sampled throughput. Even so, its regional spreads — a two-fold gap between the fastest and slowest states on both fixed and mobile — point to the divide Mexican operators and policymakers will have to close in the second half of 2026 and beyond.