The most recent ICT Quarterly Bulletin, presenting figures for the third quarter of 2025, shows that the average download speed reached 244 Mbps (megabits per second), an increase of 20 Mbps in just one year.
Businesses benefit the most from this improvement, with speeds of 288 Mbps, while households average 240 Mbps. Antioquia stands out as the department with the fastest home internet, reaching 327 Mbps, well above the national average.
For mobile internet access, between July and September 2025, seven million people were already using 5G in Colombia, making it the fastest-growing technology of the quarter, with a 15.6% increase. 4G remains predominant, with 38.8 million connections.
“Working on internet quality and access is a task that the government of President Gustavo Petro is fulfilling. We set out to close the digital gaps and reach the most remote territories, which is why we allocated the highest investment in the sector’s history, with $2.8 trillion. We managed to bring internet to nearly 19,500 rural educational institutions, five times more than were connected in 2022, benefiting 1.3 million students, especially in PDET municipalities. We are bringing connectivity to create opportunities for Colombians,” said ICT Minister Carina Murcia.
Between September and December of the previous year, the country reached 10,250,000 fixed internet connections, meaning that in the past year 1,100,000 new homes and businesses gained service. Bogotá is the city with the highest average access, with 31 connections per 100 inhabitants.
The ICT Quarterly Bulletin – third quarter 2025 – also shows significant growth. Total mobile internet connections reached 49,000,000, representing a penetration of 92 connections per 100 inhabitants. Of these mobile connections, 27,000,000 were on-demand and 22,000,000 were subscription-based. In telephony, there was an increase to 95,800,000 active lines, or 180 per 100 inhabitants.
In recent years, progress has been made with the deployment of 2,462 5G base stations across 148 municipalities and the fiber-optic project, which added 4,800 new kilometers of network, prioritizing regions such as the Pacific, Chocó and Cauca, reaching a national total of 23,900 kilometers.