5G Download Speeds Rise Because of C-Band Deployment Says Opensignal Report

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A new Opensignal research claims that AT&T and Verizon’s latest C-band installations are allowing them to catch up to T-Mobile US, which has repeatedly shown itself to be the 5G leader in terms of power, availability, and reach. The most recent data, however, reveals faster 5G download speeds on both AT&T and Verizon systems. According to Opensignal, this is due to more people using both carriers’ networks’ C-band, which has been deployed.

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C-Band Rollouts Have Accelerated 5G Download Speeds for AT&T and Verizon Customers

In addition, download speeds on AT&T’s network have improved by 34.6%, and more of its subscribers now use C-band than ever before—from 4.6% to nearly 30%. With the fraction of C-band readings rising from 16.2% to over 50%, Verizon consumers saw an average 15.8% boost in download speed with 5G.

“Previously, Opensignal analysed the initial impact of 5G deployments in the C-band at a time when Verizon was deploying C-band services, but AT&T’s early roll-outs were limited to eight metro areas around the U.S. at first as AT&T planned a surge in Q2 when it would also deploy service on the 3.45 GHz band at the same time,” wrote Robert Wyrzykowski, senior industry analyst at Opensignal. “Our AT&T users’ average 5G download speeds have steadily increased since the beginning of the year when the operator started to roll out 5G services in the C-band.”

“This trend continued in September when more than 30% of 5G readings observed on AT&T’s network were on the 3.7 GHz band — while the share of the 850 MHz dropped to 65.5% of 5G readings,” continued Wyrzykowski.