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Within a year of the launch of 5G, the download speeds on smartphones have rapidly caught up with those of fixed fibre broadband.
In August, the median country download speed for mobile data, according to Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index, stood at 50.21 mbps, just a few points behind a fixed broadband connection at 54.17 mbps.
Most telcos say the speed will surpass fixed broadband as the 5G roll out, which is currently on 360,000 towers, crosses 400,000.
A year ago, in October, the gap between the two platforms was threefold; mobile speeds were only 16.50 mbps (on 4G) compared to
