As 5G continues to roll out across the world, Opensignal has released a ranking analyzing the world’s highest 5G network speeds.
Over the period from July to September 2020, Openignal analysts first studied the evolution in download speed between 5G and 4G. Thus the improvement is more obvious in some countries than others. For example, Thailand now has a 5G service with speeds 15.7 times faster than on its 4G network.
Conversely, in the Netherlands, progress is less palpable. The 5G network is “only” 1.6 times faster. However, across the countries observed, users see 5G download speeds that are 5-6 times faster than 4G.
Download speeds of up to 415.6 Mbps
When it comes to 5G speed itself, the prize goes to Jeonju, South Korea’s 16th largest city, where residents can enjoy average download speeds of 415.6 Mbps, which is 15% more than the national average in South Korea. country.
The second fastest 5G city is Hsinchu City in Taiwan, which boasts download speeds of 360.1 Mbps. Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, rounds out the top three with an average download speed of 317.3 Mbps. The other top 10 cities are Barcelona, Dublin and Zurich, as well as Calgary, Dubai, Melbourne and Tokyo.
Uneven availability
Speed isn’t everything. The company is also analyzing availability. Although the 5G market is still in the early stages of its life, data from Openignal shows users in five countries have an active 5G connection most of the time.
Saudi users enjoy availability such that they connect to 5G 37% of the time. In the top 10, there are only two European countries. Users in the Netherlands and Switzerland use 5G 13.3% and 9.7% of the time, respectively.
Opensignal however explains the disparities between States by the geographic space to be covered as well as by the number of bands of the 5G spectrum available. “It is clear that small countries like Kuwait or Hong Kong have an advantage over large countries like Australia or the United States in providing users with high levels of 5G availability,” said analysts.
In France, this new generation of connection is still in its infancy. Unsurprisingly, France is not part of the ranking, unlike its European neighbors.
