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A global independent mobile analytics company has rated Taiwan relatively high in gaming and download speed in its latest report on the mobile experience offered by 5G networks around the world.

Taiwan tied for seventh place in the 5G mobile gaming experience category with Japan and tied for 15th in 5G download speed with Lithuania in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the latest “5G Impact on the Global Mobile Network Experience” report by U.K.-based Opensignal.

On gaming, the report considered the top 20 global markets in 2021 for real-time multiplayer mobile gaming that are 5G network compatible.

Korea ranked first with 88.5 points on a 100-point scale, while Taiwan and Japan were tied with scores of 78.6 and 78.4, respectively.

For Taiwan, that represented a 2.6-point improvement from the first quarter of 2020, according to Opensignal data.

The report also showed the impact of 5G on download speeds in Taiwan, with the average speed in fourth quarter of 2021 reaching 44.8 megabytes per second (Mbps), up from 26.6Mbps in the first quarter of 2019 before 5G became available.

Taiwan’s 44.8Mbps download speed for the fourth quarter of 2021 was on a par with Lithuania’s 44.6Mbps, but was still well behind Korea’s leading 129.7Mpbs. Its 15th place ranking, however, was five spots better than its 20th place finish in the first quarter of 2019.

The report also said Taiwan’s average download speed during the slowest hours of 2021 was 25.7Mbps, up from 16.8Mbps in 2018.

Taiwan’s results were based on an the average performance of Taiwan’s telecom companies. To date, Chunghwa Telecom, Far EasTone, Taiwan Star and Taiwan Mobile have adopted and made available 5G, the fifth generation of broadband cellular networks.

Opensignal is an independent mobile analytics company that specializes in quantifying the mobile network experience.

The company regularly publishes industry and consumer reports based on information collected from users of mobile applications.

Date: 2022-02-18
Source: Focus Taiwan