The Gulf's Second 5g Country Is Kuwait

According to Opensignal, an analytics company measuring mobile network experiences, Kuwait ranks second in the Gulf Cooperation Council in terms of 5G network availability for telecommunications.

Bahrain topped the Gulf countries with 34%, followed by Saudi Arabia, the largest market in the region geographically and in terms of population, with 28.2%, Qatar with 16.9%, the UAE with 15.3%, and Oman with 13.9%.

UAE topped the GCC in download speed through fifth generation technology with 316.8 MB/s, followed by Qatar at 278.5 MB/s, and Kuwait at 263.4 MB/s.

As for download speeds, the UAE ranked first with 743.3 MB/s, Qatar with 713.4 MB/s, Kuwait with 663.7 MB/s, Saudi Arabia with 635.9 MB/s, Sultanate of Oman with 503.5 MB/s, and Bahrain with 469.4 MB/s.

In Saudi Arabia and the Sultanate of Oman, peak speeds were recorded at a rate of 2.7 times higher than normal speeds.

In comparison with the download speed, the upload speed through fifth generation technology was significantly slower. Qatar topped the average download speed in the region, then the UAE at 27.6 MB/s, Kuwait at 24.6 MB/s, then Saudi Arabia at 23.7 MB/s. second, then Bahrain at 15.3 MB / sec, and finally the Sultanate of Oman at 13.5 MB / sec.

Using fifth generation network services, the following speeds can be achieved:

- Kuwait ranks first in 5G video experience, at 75 points, being the only market where users have an excellent experience (75 points or higher on a 100-point scale).

- The UAE ranked second at 72.4 points, then Bahrain at 71.5 points, Saudi Arabia at 68.8 points, Qatar at 68.6 points, and then the Sultanate of Oman with 67.9 points.

- The UAE topped the GCC countries in gaming experience via 5G with a score of 74 points, followed by Qatar at 69.6 points, Bahrain at 69.6 points, Kuwait at 67.4 points, the Sultanate of Oman at 61.5 points, and Saudi Arabia at 59.7 points.

- In the experience of voice applications, such as: WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook Messenger, and FaceTime via 5G, Qatar topped with 80.6 points, followed by Kuwait with 79.6 points, the UAE at 79.5 points, Saudi Arabia at 78.1 points, Bahrain at 77.7 points, and the Sultanate of Oman at 77.4 points.

- The fifth generation technology continues to progress in the countries of the Cooperation Council, so that users can enjoy improved speeds, according to OpenSignal.

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