UK Still Trails Most of EU with Poor Level of 5G Mobile Availability

Ookla explains why UK is behind in 5G deployment - TelecomLead

The latest Ookla report has revealed that the UK is behind in 5G deployment as compared with several countries in the Nordic region. Ookla report on 5G in Nordic The UK’s lag in 5G deployment can be attributed to structural and policy shortcomings, despite having favourable geographical and urbanisation conditions comparable to high-performing Nordic countries.  Leading telecom operators in UK are BT/EE, Virgin Media, Vodafone, Three UK, and SKY…

UK Still Trails Most of EU with Poor Level of 5G Mobile Availability

New data from Ookla, which operates the popular Speedtest.net internet connection benchmarking service, has revealed that the United Kingdom still places near the bottom of the table in Europe for 5G mobile availability (mobile broadband) on a score of just 42.2% (i.e. the percentage of users with 5G devices spending most of their time connected to 5G networks). By comparison, the Nordic operators have much to celebrate. In Q4 2024, Nordic count…