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Canada’s 5G network performance lags other countries so far, says new report


LONDON, U.K. — While the 4G networks of Canada’s Big Three national operators are among the fastest in the world, their 5G network performance trails operators in other countries, primarily due to spectrum delays faced in Canada, according to a new report from U.K.-based mobile analytics company Opensignal, released Wednesday. To conduct its research, Opensignal analyzed the current real-world 5G experience of its app users on Canada’s three largest mobile operators — Bell, Rogers and Telus — in terms of average download and upload speeds and their experience when streaming mobile video and compared it to the average 5G experience...