It was in 2020 when the 5G network was activated in some sectors of the world, reaching 38 countries that year. By 2022, the new mobile internet network is present in 70 countries around the globe, including Chile, where it has had a wide reach.
A report from the Global Mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) reported that 5G might reach beyond one billion users this year. The implementation of this mobile internet network in Latin America has boosted its reach, and for this Chile, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic have been key.
This new technological tool to date has had a good deployment and managed to position Chile among the giants of the networks. In fact, last Wednesday, July 27, the company Ookla presented A study mobile and home internet speed that It positions the country as the one with the fastest connection globally, surpassing others such as Singapore and China.
And it is that the figures rose as the pandemic progressed and 5G was only responsible for promoting them more. In fact, remote places in the country also have operational 5G sites.
“Among the remote districts that already have 5G Movistar in regions, Pozo Almonte, Salamanca, Punitaqui, Hualqui and Pitrufquén can be highlighted,” says Cristian Schalscha, Director of the People and Home Market of Movistar Chile.
Like Movistar, Entel turned on its 5G network at the end of 2021, while WOM implemented it in March 2022 and clear It did it in May, but which one is faster?
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The Ookla studio presentation you attended BioBioChile also provided data on the speeds of each of the mobile companies that brought 5G to Chile.
These data were collected thanks to the system Speedtest from Ookla, which runs tests for bandwidth speed, connection, stability, and data transfer. Thus, they revealed that those who head the list are Movistar y WOM.
As detailed at the event Lourenço Lanfranchi, Director of Ookla for Latin America, the analysis “considers the measurements of all mobile clients made in all technologies, that is, 3G, 4G and 5G, during the first half of 2022”.
This is how the measurement results were weighted with “80% download speed and 20% upload speed”, which left Movistar in first place and WOM in second. The first actually won the Speedtest AwardsTM award, which certifies that it is the company with the best internet in the country.
Additionally, The regions of Chile with the best mobile internet speed were also measured, with the Metropolitan region and Magallanes in the first places, followed by Antofagasta, Arica and Parinacota and the Maule region.
Lanfraanchi emphasizes that following these results “Chile is one of the countries with the most competitive environment among the 20 countries with the best speed.”
