Years ago the mobile devicessmartphones, tablets and wearableshave become the favorites for connect to the internet. This implies that mobile networks are more important and, therefore, their managers have to catch up to manage all bandwidth required to watch Netflix in 4K, play online games without latency or make HD video calls. Hence, the number of contracted gigabytes is as valuable as the speed of your mobile network. The question is, what is the fastest mobile network? Is it like this in every country in the world?
Thanks to the data collected by okla through your service speed testwe can get an idea about where is the global mobile network going, country by country. It is also possible make a stocking data upload and download speeds based on the information provided by users of speed test. For example, the world average, as of March 2022, is 29.96 Mbps down and 8.7 Mbps up, with a latency of 29 milliseconds. Continuing with the example of Netflix. To play content in UHD or 4K, 15 Mbps is required. On the other hand, for To play onlinethe desired latency should be around 20 milliseconds.
Next we will see a comparison of mobile networks by country based on their average download speed. We’ll also take a brief look at the status of the 5G connectivity around the world. a way to see if we are in the middle or if we can give thanks for the quality of our mobile phone providers compared to neighboring countries.
The fastest mobile networks
A look at the TOP10 to find out the fastest mobile network will give us more than one surprise. And it is that when we talk about mobile telephony, we usually mention United States and China. But, curiously,China is 11th and USA 23rd. Another country of technological fame is Japan. It appears 43rd in this list of the fastest mobile networks in okla Y speed test.
In the TOP10 of the fastest mobile networks, the Arab countries stand out. United Arab Emirates It is first with an average download speed of 135.35 Mbps. In third place, qatarwith 120.69 Mbps. 7th place for Saudi Arabia (102.79 Mbps) and 8th for Kuwait (96.23Mbps). To get an idea, Spain It is in the 55th position with an average download speed of 34.26 Mbps.
The second group of countries that best appear on this list are the countries of northern Europe. It is the case of Norway (2nd – 134.73Mbps), Netherlands (5th – 108.33Mbps) and Denmark (6th – 105.65Mbps). Europeans also appear on the list Bulgaria (9th – 87.51Mbps) and Croatia (10th – 86.48Mbps). And to complete the TOP10, it’s time to mention South Korea (4th – 117.95Mbps).
More eye-catching results. Finland is in 19th place with an average speed of 71.23 Mbps despite being known for hosting the headquarters of nokia. Y Sweden is 17th despite its best-known tech company, ericsson.
You can check the full list here. In addition, you will be able to compare the average speeds of the mobile networks and of the fixed networks (xDSL, optical fiber, cable…). You will find several examples of countries that stand out positively on one list but negatively on the other.
5G around the world
Another interesting indicator to know the state of the mobile infrastructures of the countries of the world is to know how they carry the deployment of 5G antennas to meet the demand for this technology. And it is that despite talking about it for years, we are still far from fully enjoying 5G. maybe yes in the main cities, but much remains to be done. And in the rest of the world?
okla has created an interactive map that is updated every week and that focuses on the deployment of 5G around the world. At the time of this writing, there are 199 carriers indexed offering 5G and more than 99,281 5G installations. The map focuses on main cities. There is no list to compare, so we will have to navigate the map and zoom in or out until you find the information.
We can also download that map in PDF with other data of interest. The map was published in February of this year but the data is from the third quarter of 2021. According to this data, the average 5G download speed was 166.13 Mbps and the upload speed was 21.08 Mbps. By country, the 5G mobile networks fastest are, respectively, South Korea, Norway, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Sweden, China, Taiwan and New Zealand. As we can see, the Arab countries and Northern Europe stand out along with several Asian countries.
Another map of this style is the one that offers nPerf and that we can consult publicly. The map collects information from various sources and zooming in will show us the 5G coverage in different countries around the world. However, if we look at the map, there is missing information, especially in the China area. And it is that the Asian country is very jealous with this type of data. On the map we hardly see 5G installations, something that clashes with the data we know. If last summer I had 1.7 million 5G stationsits goal by the end of 2022 is to reach 2 million 5G installations.