OOKLA, an Internet speed platform, said Europe lags globally in the rollouts of 5G standalone technology.

In its report, titled: ‘A Global Evaluation of Europe’s Competitiveness in 5G SA,’ and co-published with research house Omdia, it looked deep into the technology and performance metrics globally.

It also focuses on Europe’s competitiveness in three key 5G areas: technology, monetisation progress (both for consumers and enterprises), and government policies.

According to it, Europe severely lagged other regions in 5G SA availability. It stated that China, India, and the United States are reportedly markedly ahead in based on the Ookla Speedtest sample share, with 80 per cent, 52 per cent, and 24 per cent, respectively. Other metrics used for the headline key finding are download speeds, the interplay of early deployments, diversification in multi-band spectrum strategy, and operator willingness to invest in 5G core.

Ookla said the European region (while the report does not include a methodology it appears to be referring to the European Union only as it uses phrases such as ‘member states’ is compared to individual countries, at least for some of the findings in this study. As such, it is not clear if and to what extent individual “member states” vary in their availability of the technology.
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