One way to understand the state of a 5G network is by looking at 5G Availability - the proportion of users spending the majority of their time on 5G. Oman, which only launched commercially-available 5G during Q1 2021, was a distant sixth. Qatar was second and UAE third, Kuwait fourth and Bahrain fifth.
Saudi Arabia had the highest ratio among GCC countries during Q1 2021. The ratio of samples from devices that are connected to 5G to the number of samples from all 5G-capable devices speaks to the maturity of the 5G market in each country. Qatar was second (21.96 Mbps), Saudi Arabia third (17.06 Mbps), Kuwait fourth (16.22 Mbps), Oman fifth (12.75 Mbps) and Bahrain sixth (10.17 Mbps). UAE had the fastest upload speed during Q1 2021 at 23.62 Mbps. Median upload speeds over mobile were much slower than download speeds in all GCC countries during 2020, as is often the case. UAE saw the second largest increase (61.6%), Saudi Arabia third (48.2%), Qatar fourth (53.2%), Bahrain fifth (43.8%) and Oman sixth (21.6%). Kuwait showed the largest increase in median download speed among GCC countries when comparing Q1 2020 to Q1 2021 at 84.0%. Of these countries, only Oman did not have commercially-available 5G until 2021.
Kuwait, Oman and Bahrain formed a tight group at the bottom of the rankings with median download speeds of 42.52 Mbps, 37.52 Mbps and 36.76 Mbps, respectively, during Q1 2021. Qatar was second with 90.92 Mbps during Q1 2021 and Saudi Arabia was third (67.61 Mbps). United Arab Emirates (UAE) consistently had the fastest median download speed over mobile, with 100.99 Mbps during Q1 2021. There was a wide range of median mobile speeds across the GCC over the past year, despite 5G presence in nearly all of the countries. UAE has fastest mobile speeds in GCC, Saudi Arabia third
This article looks at mobile speeds and 5G adoption in GCC countries and then closely examines Saudi mobile performance, including information on fastest providers, time spent on 5G and how the new spectrum could improve performance. It’s good company to be in, but having such technologically advanced neighbors can obscure the progress Saudi Arabia has made and how well the country is doing compared with the world. Saudi Arabia has a new plan to allocate or improve 23 GHz of spectrum to boost 5G speeds and coverage and potentially best other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), This region has been ahead of the 5G curve since early days with Qatar launching commercially available 5G in 2018 and Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates following soon after in 2019.
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