| NOTAS: | "The world is poised on the brink of the 5G revolution. We're already seeing early commercial launches in leading mobile regions. While the majority of operators in mature markets are planning to upgrade in the next couple of years, 5G is likely to take several years to reach the average consumer, due to spectrum availability and the sheer time and costs involved in rolling out the next generation of mobile networks. In this report, we’ve taken a deep dive into the global mobile network experience of today’s consumers. We looked at data from January through March, the timeframe just prior to the first 5G services launching in South Korea and the U.S. We examined 87 countries and compared their performance across all five of our key award metrics: 4G Availability, Video Experience, Download and Upload Speed Experience, and Latency Experience. We've found that 4G is becoming more and more ubiquitous, even in developing markets. Our analysis shows that the average 4G Availability across the 87 countries experienced by our users is close to 80%, with 15 markets scoring over the 90% mark. The top ends of our tables were largely dominated by European countries, but no one country appeared in the top 10 for all five of our key metrics. European countries, however, dominated, racking up far more top 10 entries than any other region." |
