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5G internet is the next frontier to be conquered by mobile networks, and three US wireless carriers have announced plans to deploy commercial 5G networks this year in at least 40 cities by the end of 2018.
The mobile carriers include AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile, and the first US cities to get a taste of 5G technology will include: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Waco, and Washington DC.
AT&T 5G Deployment
AT&T will deploy the new technology in 12 cities before the end of 2018, including the following cities in Texas: Atlanta, Dallas, and Waco.
Sprint 5G Deployment
Sprint’s first 5G networks will be deployed in Chicago, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Washington, DC and Houston.
T-Mobile 5G Deployment
New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Dallas will be the first cities to get 5G service from T-Mobile, and say they will have 5G service in 30 cities by the end of 2018.
Verizon 5G Deployment
We do not have detailed information for Verizon yet, but the wireless operator has plans to deploy Verizon 5G in California.
5G Networks
The first official 5G standard has been released, paving the way for networks to hit the ground running. Network trials have happened in quite a number of countries across the world, including the US, Sweden, Estonia, South Africa, Japan, Italy, the UK, China, and Canada, among others.
Mobile network suppliers, Ericsson and Nokia Networks, already have 38 and 31 5G operator partnerships respectively, according to Reuters .
5G Smartphones
Of course, 5G networks will need 5G devices like mi-fi, routers, smartphones, and tablets. The world’s first 5G smartphone was demonstrated last year, even though it was a non-commercial unit. The first 5G smartphones for the market are expected to be announced this year.
But they may not be ready for the market until early 2019. As such, the first 5G devices are likely to be portable hotspots (mi-fi) devices. ZTE has already confirmed that its first 5G smartphone won’t be ready till early 2019
Companies like Huawei and ZTE are likely to be the first to deliver 5G devices to the market. They are both legendary for pushing out mi-fi and routers to the market in support of new wireless technologies.
What Does 5G Mean To You?
5G means insanely fast internet. We are looking at speeds ten times faster than 4G and more. The theoretical download speeds for 5G connections are in the range of 1-10Gbps.
By comparison, 4G offers 100Mbps. In everyday situations, 4G users get between 2Mbps and 40 Mbps speeds. A 2014 4G LTE speed test comparison in New York showed that the average produced an average speed of 13Mbps.
In everyday situations, 5G is expected to deliver 500Mbps – 4Gbps to end users. To paint a clearer picture, with 5G internet, you will be able to download a full length movie in mere seconds.
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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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