South Korea, December 2024, Mobile Network Experience
SK telecom leads the award count in the latest Mobile Network Experience report on South Korea with six trophies won outright and seven jointly. LG U+ shares the winners' podium eight times, while KT — four times.
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5G smartphone users experience 111.8 Mbps average download speed
<span>5G is here, but how fast is it? </span><a href="https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/south-korea-nears-5g-landmark/">In the first country to see widespread 5G adoption</a>, South Korea, Opensignal’s analytics reveals the average download speed of 5G smartphone owners is 111.8 Mbps or 48% faster than users with comparable recent 4G flagship smartphones<sup>1</sup> and 134% higher than other 4G smartphone users.
Mobile download speeds in Seoul are 41% faster than Singapore or Sydney
Smartphone users in Seoul experience the fastest speeds in any of the Asia Pacific cities we analyzed. Seoul’s Download Speed Experience score of 56.3 Mbps was an astonishing 41% faster than second- placed Singapore or third-placed Sydney, and almost double that of Tokyo or Taipei.
A big gap exists between the best and worst countries for video experience in East Asia
Of all of the global regions we analyzed in our <a href="/reports/2018/09/state-of-mobile-video">State of Mobile Video report</a>, East Asia definitely had the most diverse results.
Seoul top city in East Asia with 4G availability of nearly 98%
At OpenSignal we are currently in the process of boosting our coverage of East Asia, having launched reports in the last six months on <a href="/reports/2018/02/cambodia/mobile-networks-update">Cambodia</a>, <a href="/reports/2018/06/indonesia/state-of-the-mobile-network">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/reports/2018/05/myanmar/state-of-the-mobile-network">Myanmar</a>, <a href="/reports/2018/05/singapore/state-of-the-mobile-network">Singapore</a>, <a href="/reports/2017/12/taiwan/mobile-networks-update">Taiwan</a> and <a href="/reports/2018/04/thailand/mobile-networks-update">Thailand</a>.
Seoul and Singapore top OpenSignal's list of East Asia's fastest 4G cities
In the last year, OpenSignal has ramped up its coverage in East Asia, introducing new State of Mobile Networks reports for <a href="/reports/2018/02/cambodia/mobile-networks-update">Cambodia</a>, <a href="/reports/2018/06/indonesia/state-of-the-mobile-network">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/reports/2018/05/myanmar/state-of-the-mobile-network">Myanmar</a>, <a href="/reports/2018/05/singapore/state-of-the-mobile-network">Singapore</a>, <a href="/reports/2017/12/taiwan/mobile-networks-update">Taiwan</a> and <a href="/reports/2018/04/thailand/mobile-networks-update">Thailand</a>.
