The latest issue of "China Broadband Speed Status Report" (third quarter of 2018) has been released. Compared with fixed-line broadband, people are more concerned about the speed of 4G mobile broadband. After all, now is the era of mobile Internet, and mobile phones are always in hand, so the speed of 4G network is more directly felt.
The data given in this report shows that the average download speed of my country's mobile broadband 4G network in the third quarter of this year was 21.46Mbit/s (2.68 MB/s), which is 39.3% higher than the same period last year. The progress is still not small. Specifically, it is as follows:
In terms of regions, the country is divided into three regions, namely the east, the middle and the west. The average 4G network speeds of the three regions are: 22.63Mbit/s (2.83 MB/s) in the east, 21.71Mbit/s (2.71 MB/s) in the middle, and 20.48Mbit/s (2.56 MB/s) in the west. The east is still the fastest.
Among the three major operators, which one has the fastest 4G network speed?
According to the latest data, the average 4G network speeds of the three major operators are: China Unicom 23.45Mbit/s (2.93 MB/s), China Telecom 21.41Mbit/s (2.68 MB/s) and China Mobile 21.08Mbit/s (2.63 MB/s). It can be seen that China Unicom continues to rank first in the national operator 4G network speed.
As for China Mobile, although the average 4G network speed is still increasing, they are still behind the average, that is to say, China Mobile has the slowest 4G network speed among the three major operators. For this problem, China Mobile also expressed helplessness. According to official statements, its 4G user coverage will soon exceed 700 million. The excessive number of users will lead to a decrease in network speed in some areas where people are concentrated, thus dragging down the overall average network speed.
The reason why China Unicom and China Telecom's 4G networks are faster is mainly because the two combined 4G users are not as many as China Mobile (both are more than 200 million), so the average network speed is faster. I wonder if everyone is satisfied with China Mobile's explanation.
What is the global level of my country's 4G network speed?
Not long ago, the international research organization Ookla sent a statistical report through Speedtest network speed test, showing that the current global average 4G network speed is 23.64Mbps (2.96 MB/s), while my country's 4G network speed in the third quarter of 2018, which has just been released, is 21.46Mbit/s (2.68 MB/s), which is still behind the global average.
However, from a vertical perspective, China Unicom's average 4G network speed is close to the global average 4G network speed, and if China Mobile can raise the average value, it is believed that it will soon exceed the global average.