T-Mobile is the king of the world, but for how long?
Those are some very eclectic lists of global 5G availability and speed leaders. | Image Credit — Opensignal
But the gap between first and second place this year is way smaller than in 2023, making it seem like there’s a very good chance that India’s Jio will take home this title in 2025. Until that happens, T-Mobile USA certainly deserves to celebrate its latest world-leading achievement, as well as a very healthy progress from a 56.1 percent 5G availability score to no less than 67.4 percent between October 2023 and now.
Two gold ribbons for AT&T, one for Verizon
Although Verizon and AT&T are not ranked in the world’s top 20 carriers for 5G download speed either, both of T-Mobile‘s domestic rivals get “rising star” prizes in the category in Opensignal’s latest global wireless network analysis.
That’s quite the progress for AT&T, and not too shabby for Verizon either.
If the two can keep this pace up (which is obviously a big if), their ascent to the 5G global leader pack in terms of speed is only a matter of time. Of course, T-Mobile has long moved past the “rising star” stage of its 5G network development, still failing however to break into the world’s top 20.
Nowhere near as important as the overall 5G speed section of this report, the 5G video experience department gives AT&T another opportunity to shine as a global rising star. AT&T‘s 7.1 percent improvement here may not sound impressive, but it’s actually the largest such surge for a “large land mass” operator… by far, absolutely destroying the advancements made by carriers like Poland’s Orange, Spain’s Vodafone, Great Britain’s EE, Finland’s Telia, and… America’s Verizon.
All in all, the most competitive Americans out there are likely to be disappointed with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile‘s latest crop of global 5G trophies and medals, but the three’s progress over the last few years is crystal clear and very encouraging for the next few years.
