An analysis by\u00a0Ookla ranked the countries with the fastest\u00a0mobile download speed in the world.<\/p>\n
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The U.S. lags on mobile internet speed, big time.<\/p>\n
According to the 2018 Speedtest U.S. Mobile Performance Report<\/a> by Ookla<\/a>, despite that 5G is on the horizon and download speeds are expected to change greatly in the next year, the United States ranks an average download speed of 30.49 Mbps, which means it still needs to work hard on\u00a0improving speeds and using more efficiently their existing spectrum.<\/p>\n Norway sits at number one with 67.17 megabits per second (Mbps). Iceland, which comes in second, averages 67.05 Mbps.<\/p>\n Singapore (57.28 Mbps), Canada (56.37 Mbps), Australia (55.31 Mbps), Netherlands (54.26 Mbps) and the United Arab Emirates (52.90 Mbps) complete the top seven\u00a0worldwide mobile download speeds.<\/p>\n [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”3,4,5,6″ ihc_mb_template=”3″ ]<\/p>\n Mbps, short for\u00a0megabits per second, are a measure of data transfer speed (a\u00a0megabit\u00a0is equal to one million bits). Network transmissions, for example, are generally measured in\u00a0Mbps. For example, to stream Netflix in Ultra HQ quality, a person needs access to 25 Mbps.<\/p>\nTop carriers in the U.S.<\/h2>\n