Even if proponents are hopeful new use cases (and revenue sources) are going to develop in the 5G era, the practical value is reinforcement of 4G user experience, particularly to boost performance during peak daytime hours, Opensignal suggests.
Across 77 countries studied, 4G download speeds are between 31.2 Mbps and 5.8 Mbps faster at the best hour of day compared with the slowest hour of the day, Opensignal has found.
“Congestion on current 4G networks is holding back speeds highlighting the need for new 5G capacity to relieve pressure,” Opensignal says. “5G will provide a blanket of capacity, built using new high-bandwidth, high-frequency spectrum bands that will help mitigate the daily cycle of congestion we see on today's 4G networks.”
Cities see the greatest speed swings, indicating daytime congestion 5G can relieve.
Users in Paris experienced the greatest range of 4G Download Speeds, fluctuating between 21.5 Mbps and 51.4 Mbps in a 24-hour period, followed by Sydney and Santiago.
New York's fastest hour for 4G speed of 40.8 Mbps was in a virtual dead heat with the 40.6 Mbps Seoul’s inhabitants experience at their slowest hour of the day.
But Seoul’s slowest hour of day is still faster than the fastest hour of day in Taipei (38.2 Mbps), London (38.3 Mbps) and 21 other cities analyzed, Opensignal says.
Sure, 5G creates a platform for new use cases. But 5G also is a way to solve 4G capacity issues.
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