Opensignal has recently published the "Benchmarking the 5G Experience—Asia Pacific—June 2021" report showing the effects of the new technology in the region.
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5G vs 4G experience in APAC |
The Philippines have seen the greatest improvement in experience using 5G versus 4G in APAC
The report shared that the Asia Pacific region (APAC) has some of the highest quality 5G experiences that the research firm has seen to date.
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5G Asia Pacific: Speed |
South Korea recorded the fastest Download Speed with an average of 380.5 Mbps while Taiwan recorded the fastest 5G Peak Download Speed and 5G Upload Speed at 847.3 Mbps and 51.8 Mbps, respectively.
For 5G Video Experience, Taiwan leads with 81.4 while South Korea is on top of the 5G Games Experience and 5G Voice App Experience at 90.4 and 84.9, respectively.
For 5G Uplift in the region, the Philippines and Taiwan saw the largest 5G vs 4G Download Speed Improvement (ratio) with an astonishing difference of 10.4 times.
The Philippines also recorded the highest 5G vs 4G Video Experience Improvement at 29 percent. Closely trailing at number 2 is Thailand with a 28 percent improvement
The average 5G Download Speed in the Philippines at 141.7 is also higher than the 134.8 of Hong Kong and 122.5 by Thailand as well. For the 5G Peak Download Speed, the Philippines is also higher than both countries with 426.2 Mbps. However, the country is dead last in the region in terms of 5G Upload Speed. Japan is a bit higher with 12.5 Mbps vs the 12.1 by the Philippines.
5G technology is one of the ways to get over the economic impacts of the pandemic and other challenges our customers get to experience every day. By making it more pervasive and more accessible, they will realize its potential and promise of better mobile experience, said Issa Guevarra-Cabreira, Globe Chief Commercial Officer.
According to local telco Globe, the company has been consistently and aggressively ramping up its 5G presence in the country to provide faster speeds with higher bandwidth that is more stable than 4G. Currently, the company's coverage is now present in 1,183 sites in Metro Manila and 467 locations in Visayas and Mindanao.
On the other hand, rival Smart recently claimed that its 5G network coverage is now accessible to more than
3,000 sites in the country.
The country's official third telco DITO has yet to fire up its 5G services.
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