5G: Is the new network really faster? Here are the first results in the field

5 G Reality is, but how quickly is it? In the first country, South Korea, where adoption is now widespread, a first study analysis can be performed on how effectively 5 G is quicker than the ordinary network. Opensignal, the analytics promoter, reveals that 5 G smartphone owners ' average download speed is equal to 111.8 Mbps, which means that the 5 G network can go 48 percent faster than users with 4 G smartphone last generation. These metrics are likely to improve as 5 G becomes more mainstream and the first 5 G technology will mature in the months to come, but in reality they seem to be more than excellent outcomes for the web's first effect in daily life.

5 G network: what's better and what's worse Following analyzes carried out by OpenSignal, it turns out that the highest 5 G velocity identified by customers in the United States was 1.2 Gbps, while the maximum velocity in South Korea was 988 Mbps to date.

From the first launch of the 5 G, some things are discovered that need to be clearly improved and that, given the immaturity of 5 G, only the experience can be managed. Antenna suppliers but also 5 G accessories are working on a general upgrade and the improvements will arrive soon allowing 5 G peak and average velocities to be even higher. In addition, while some 5 G frequency bands are not yet accessible in some nations, such as 3.5 Ghz in the U.S., mmWave in Europe, they will be accessible in the coming years and it is evident that testing in other nations will help operators enhance the entire network in practice.

Also interesting to discover in OpenSignal's analysis how upload speed and latency are still low and practically comparable to those of 4 G, which are the two most significant parameters in the use of a quick network. Normality due to the fact that the smartphone is going to hook both the current 4 G LTE and new generation networks in a modern manner at least at the time. The first is used to download information for the networl tasks and the second.

All this should improve when the 5 G network becomes day-to-day and operators decide to launch the "Standalone Access" services, thereby ensuring that the 5 G smartphone is exclusively connected to the 5 G signal, reducing latencies and enhancing everything.