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OpenSignal has published its Global State of LTE Report, and it has interesting data. Key among the data is that the fastest 4G LTE speeds around the world have peaked at 45 Mbps. But there is more. We also get to see how the countries of the world rank in terms of 4G technologies, availability, and trends.
Top 10 Fastest 4G LTE Speeds In The World
Here is a list of the fastest 4G speeds around the world.
- Singapore – 44.31 Mbps
- Netherlands – 42.12 Mbps
- Norway – 41.20 Mbps
- South Korea – 40.44 Mbps
- Hungary – 39.18 Mbps
- Belgium – 36.13 Mbps
- Australia – 36.08 Mbps
- New Zealand – 33.52 Mbps
- Bulgaria – 33.34 Mbps
- Denmark – 33.09 Mbps
Where does the U.S. stand with 4G LTE speeds? 4G networks there “have been traditionally slow compared to the rest of the world,” with average 4G speeds of 16 Mbps, an increase from the 13 Mbps average that was on the ground when we conducted our 2014 4G LTE speed comparison between Smile 4G in Lagos and Sprint, Verizon, T-mobile and AT&T in New York .
Fastest 4G LTE Speeds In Africa
And on the continent that is home to Wakanda, we have these countries registering the fastest 4G speeds:
- South Africa – 20.39 Mbps
- Tunisia – 17.84 Mbps
- Egypt – 16.68 Mbps
- Morocco – 15.80 Mbps
- Côte d’Ivoire – 14.97 Mbps
- Algeria – 8.65 Mbps
Sadly, the report does not provide information on 4G speeds in more African countries than the above-listed. One wonders what the national average for Nigeria is. But consider that a huge portion of 4G LTE networks in the country have awful quality of service, and some even have the maximum speed on certain LTE data plans pegged to 2 Mbps, the national average for Nigeria cannot be anything impressive.
Global 4G LTE Availability
So, what does the world look like in terms of 4G LTE coverage as at end of 2017? The map below provides a graphical illustration:
As you can see, North America, Europe, and Australasia have the densest coverage. It is interesting that India has 86.26% availability. Africa’s best is Côte d’Ivoire’s 69.3%.
OpenSignal’s Conclusions
As OpenSignal highlights in the report, 4G LTE speeds have improved over the last 8 years from the average 20 Mbps that the technology initially delivered. The fastest 4G networks have hit a plateau of around 45 Mbps in the countries with the fastest speeds.
While OpenSignal expects something to push the fastest 4G speeds beyond 50 Mbps, I am not so optimistic that will happen. Why? Mobile networks in the most advanced LTE countries are beginning to invest in 5G networks. This means that they will rather invest more resources in that direction.
In the US, for example, several cities will get active 5G networks this year . Similar plans are under way in other countries. I wager that 4G LTE has hit its peak and 5G will take it from here.
OpenSignal crunched the data for this report from 58 billion measurements on 5 million devices around the world between the 1st of October and 29th of December 2017. You can download OpenSignal’s latest global 4G LTE report HERE .
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Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
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I cannot be the only person who is tired of passwords. Or to be more specific, I cannot be the only person who is tired of having to remember dozens of unique passwords for dozens of digital estate that I own or manage. Which is why I am convinced that at some point in time, the password must die.
It is made much worse because best practices for password is that each digital platform should have a separate password and each must be not easy to figure out. As such, the more platforms one has to manage, the more tasking it gets.
- The Burden Of Managing Multiple Digital Assets
- Everyday People Are Swamped Already
- The Password Must Die
The Burden Of Managing Multiple Digital Assets
Here are some of the digital assets that I manage:
- Web Host Manager (WHM) – multiple accounts
- Cpanel – multiple accounts
- Microsoft
- Corporate email – multiple accounts
- WordPress – multiple accounts
- Internet/Mobile Banking – multiple accounts
- Online Shopping – multiple accounts
- ISP accounts – multiple accounts
- Ride hailing services – Uber, Lyft, etc
- Smartphone vendor accounts e.g. Samsung, Apple, BlackBerry, MIUI, etc.
- Music streaming platforms – multiple accounts
- Video streaming services – Netflix, Amazon prime Video, etc
There are other services too that I will just lump together under Miscellaneous. It is a mad jungle.
Somehow, I have to remember the passwords for each and every one of these services. And each password has to be secure. It is a jungle out there, friends. It is a miracle that anyone who is fully immersed into digital life is able to stay sane with the multitudes of login details that they have to remember.
Everyday People Are Swamped Already
I was helping someone switch from their old smartphone to a new one, and she could not remember her Gmail account password. This is such a commonplace occurrence when people are switching phones that it no longer surprises me.
Usually, the account that people do not log into on the regular is the one whose password gets forgotten. In her own case, she insisted that she used the same password as one other asset she owns. Yet, she still forgot. This person is not a techie and does not keep more than a few accounts requiring login.
On a personal note, for some reason, there is one particular account whose password I always forget when I need to login. ALWAYS. I have to do a password reset each time I need to do something on there.
The Password Must Die
The digital jungle is constantly growing with new services coming up and requiring that we create an account and login to use them. Even here on MobilityArena.com, we recently implemented a user system that requires a login.
And it is for this reason that the password must die. There has to be a better way to manage all these accounts safely and securely without having to memorise at least 40 complex passwords. It is a miracle that I haven’t run stark raving mad yet. A miracle of heavenly proportions. Verily, verily, I say unto you, the password must die.
No; don’t mention a password manager , as what that means is that once that account is hacked, all your passwords to every account you manage is exposed. Bad idea. We need to do away with password banks, and we need to do away with passwords entirely.
Can cell phones and/or phone numbers provide an alternative to passwords ? Google already implements something of the sort (see THIS ), and it has made my digital life easier. When I need to login to my Google account on a PC, I get a prompt on my phone and by tapping a code on it, I get logged in automatically. Awesome!
Yahoo mail also has a similar system for logging in without a password. See: You can now login to Yahoo mail without a password . A few online forums already offer an option to login without a password.
There is also the emoji password experiment. Clearly, I am not the only one who thinks that passwords need to die and be consigned to the dustbins of history. I wait excitedly for that day to come, and it cannot happen soon enough.
Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
