S.Korea tops 5G mobile gaming environment in E.Asia

LG Uplus, SK Telecom, and KT led 5G Game Score rankings, with all achieving scores above 90

S.Korea tops 5G mobile gaming environment in E.Asia
Ju-Hyun Lee 1
2024-10-14 12:52:24 deep@hankyung.com
Tech, Media & Telecom


South Korea led the game score in East Asia with 90.06 out of 100 during the first half of this year, followed by China with 85.64 and Japan with a score of 81.85, according to Ookla's Speedtest on Monday. 

5G download speeds were, on average, 4.91 times faster than 4G across East Asia, with South Korean users experiencing 8.45 times improvement over 4G. 

Latency also improved compared to 4G  across all markets, with South Korea leading the region with a reported latency of 51 ms. 

LG Uplus Corp. provided the best 5G gaming experience in the first half of 2024, with a 5G game score of 92.56 and a median game latency to key gaming server locations of 49 ms.

LG Uplus was closely followed by SK Telecom Co. with a 5G Game Score of 92.33 and KT Corp. with 90.98.

China Unicom was top for operators from China, the world’s largest mobile gaming market, with a Game Score of 88.73. Softbank leads in terms of 5G Game Score among all the top operators from Japan with a score of 87.31.

Write to Ju-Hyun Lee at deep@hankyung.com

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