M Humayun Kabir: Singapore has the fastest 4G network in the world followed by South Korea and Australia in the Asia-pacific.
A report by Open Signal, a UK-based wireless technology company said Singapore is also the fastest 4G country in the world, reports The Daily Star.
The report compares 4G performance across 88 countries worldwide.
South Korea is the second fastest network in Asia followed by Australia and New Zealand.
In Australia, Vodafone has jumped ahead of Telstra in the 4G speed metric, averaging LTE downloads of 40 Mbps.
Taiwan’s operators are quickly joining the global elite in 4G availability and it is the fifth fastest network speed in Asia followed by Japan and Vietnam at 25.39 and 21.49 mbps respectively.
Brunei Darussalam has eighth fastest network in Asia with 17.48 mbps speed followed by Myanmar and Malaysia.
Other countries below 15mbps are Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Pakistan.
According to the report, India fares poorly in the report.
The fastest countries average LTE download speeds have stalled at just over 45 Mbps, as per the report.
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