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Network With Best Coverage
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This quadrant graph allows for an overview of LTE network performance, combining both
Time on LTE and Download Speed to build a picture of true network performance. This
graph makes it easy to see that the South Korean networks are among the best performing
in the world, recording fast speeds and excellent coverage. Vodafone ES records very fast
network speeds but that their coverage is rather limited. 3 UK record the lowest time on
LTE of all the eligible networks. CricKet USA are the slowest of all eligible networks (we
exclude many networks where we have speed/coverage readings on LTE due to small
sample sizes - we have only included networks in this report where we feel that our data
accurately represents the user experience).
TIME ON LTE
For 'Time on LTE' we see South Korea as having comfortably the best coverage globally,
with all three of its networks at the top of the global ranking. LG U+ ranks the best of all of
our eligible networks, with its users experiencing 99% time on 4G LTE. In the United States
Verizon performs best, with its 4G users having access to the network 85.9% of the time,
with Sprint some way behind the other US networks.
Spain has the fastest mobile network speeds in the world, averaging 18 Mbps. Spanish
network Vodafone ES comes out the fastest of our eligible networks, with impressive
speeds of 25.2Mbps. Last years fastest country, Australia, has fallen to 14th with all of the
networks recording similar speeds between 12-15Mbps. T-Mobile are the fastest network
for LTE in the US, although US LTE speeds rank among the slowest in the world overall.
Saudi Arabia is the slowest country for 4G LTE, with all three of its networks recording
speeds below 5Mbps.
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