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Dhiraagu becomes recipient of the ‘Fastest 5G Network’, ‘Best 5G Network’ and ‘Best 5G Gaming Experience’ from Ookla Awards for Q1-Q2 of 2025.<\/p>\n

This win echoes the continuous efforts of Dhiraagu in delivering world-class digital and internet services to its customer base, highlights Dhiraagu.<\/p>\n

In 2019, Dhiraagu became the first-ever telecommunication provider to introduce 5G services in South Asia and the Maldives. As of now, Dhiraagu has successfully expanded its 5G network to 73% of the country’s population.<\/p>\n

Dhiraagu has been the recipient of Ookla’s “Maldives Fastest Mobile Network” award for three consecutive years and the “Fastest 5G Network” award for two consecutive years.<\/p>\n

Ookla is a global leader in connectivity intelligence that brings together various services to enhance and monitor connectivity services and their capabilities. Ookla offers its connectivity intelligence services through the popular Speedtest along with Downdetector, Ekahau and RootMetrics to “deliver unmatched network and connectivity insights”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dhiraagu becomes recipient of the ‘Fastest 5G Network’, ‘Best 5G Network’ and ‘Best 5G Gaming Experience’ from Ookla Awards for Q1-Q2 of 2025. This win echoes the continuous efforts of Dhiraagu in delivering world-class digital and internet services to its customer base, highlights Dhiraagu. In 2019, Dhiraagu became the first-ever telecommunication provider to introduce 5G<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2948,2423,2464,2506],"tags":[472,1076,3361,1697,2055],"class_list":{"0":"post-16453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-awards","8":"category-business","9":"category-local-news","10":"category-top-stories-block","11":"tag-dhiraagu","12":"tag-internet-service-providers","13":"tag-ookla-awards","14":"tag-popular","15":"tag-telecommunication-service"},"yoast_head":"\nDhiraagu 5G lands 3 Ookla Awards - Maldives Business Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=16453\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dhiraagu 5G lands 3 Ookla Awards - Maldives Business Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dhiraagu becomes recipient of the ‘Fastest 5G Network’, ‘Best 5G Network’ and ‘Best 5G Gaming Experience’ from Ookla Awards for Q1-Q2 of 2025. 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