The status is divided into two types of availability: limited and commercial. We update the map weekly with the information available to us about 5G deployments as they occur.Ĭlick on an individual pin to see more detailed information including city name, a list of operators who have rolled out 5G, and the status of the 5G network in the area. The interactive Ookla 5G Map tracks 5G rollouts in cities across the globe. If you’re as eager as we are to see which cities are 5G ready, you’ll love the Ookla 5G Map™. Not every city currently benefits, however, as 5G availability depends on a variety of factors including government regulation and technological improvements by mobile operators. Also known as “Fifth Generation” Wireless Technology, 5G is the biggest thing to come to mobile after nearly a decade of 4G LTE, offering theoretical speeds up to 5 times faster. Oh, and you need a new phone too.After years of preparation, 5G is finally rolling out in city after city around the world. It enables them to claim massive coverage, but they conveniently forget to mention it is at snail’s pace speeds similar to 4G. Showing that sub-6Ghz has very limited, line-of-sight coverage There is an even slower 5G low-band coming – new phones neededĪustralian Telcos are re-purposing low frequency (typically <1000MHz) 3G and soon 4G bands to 5G. The same map from nPerf showing real availabilityīut lets drill down even further to the CBD that should be awash with Telstra purple. Telstra’s theoretical maps show Sydeny bathed in 5G purple from Manly to Coogee Here is why we get so upset at rubbish coverage statements. You can zoom down to street levels – something carrier maps cannot do. Once a spot gets 5G, it remains that way. The nPerf project uses volunteers via an Android or iOS app to report carrier band availability in real-time. The maps below speak loudest – real 5G access versus the Telco’s rubbish theoretical maps.

It is certainly not, as Telstra euphemistically puts it, ‘75% of the population’. But 5G handsets had a pretty rough time trying to find 5G. On the good news front, Australia’s median 5G speed is now up to 280Mbps – about twice as high as the global average (some nations have painfully slow 5G skewing the results). Interesting to note the Apple iPhone 12 5G dominance The Australian result ( here) was from 332,972 user-initiated tests from 79,785 devices using Speedtest iOS and Android apps.

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