According to Speedtest Intelligence, nearly seventy thousand more customers performed a Speedtest over 5G in Q1-Q2 2021 than in Q3-Q4 2020. “This boost in the UK during Q1-Q2 2021 is due to a giant surge in consumers switching to 5G service.

“Giant surge in consumers switching to 5G service.” Ookla. 5G is helping to lift stagnant mobile download speeds The UK landed squarely in the middle of the list with 10.2% 5G availability. The Netherlands was second at 44.0% and South Korea third at 40.4%. The US led the way with 49.5% of consumers with 5G capable devices experiencing 5G connections a majority of the time. Looking at 5G availability in the UK and its top trading partners via Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence shows a wide divide between 5G availability during Q1-Q2 2021. Upload speed in the UK lagged behind all other top trading partners except France at 15.91 Mbps. The US had the slowest 5G download speed among the UK’s top trading partners with a median of 81.04 Mbps.Ĭhina had the fastest median 5G upload speed on the list at 46.31 Mbps, followed by South Korea (41.79 Mbps) and the Netherlands (33.16 Mbps). Interestingly, the UK had the next fastest download speed on the list at 167.38 Mbps, edging out Japan (163.68 Mbps). Ookla’s Speedtest Intelligence found South Korea and China had the fastest median 5G download speeds among the UK’s top trading partners at 440.53 Mbps and 302.78 Mbps, respectively, during Q1-Q2 2021.

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