By 2023, global fixed broadband speeds will reach 110.4 Mbps, up from 45.9 Mbps in 2018. 5G speeds will be 13 times higher than the average mobile connection with the average 5G connection speed reaching 575 Mbps. Wi-Fi speeds from mobile devices will triple by 2023 with the average speeds growing from 30.3 Mbps in 2018 to 92 Mbps by 2023.
In the Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index, Qatar was ranked first in the world in terms of mobile internet speed in December 2020. The average download speed in Qatar was 178.01 Mbps while the average upload speed was 29.74 Mbps.
The satellite internet system from SpaceX is currently capable of delivering 150Mbps internet speeds to theoretically any place on the planet. Plans call for increased speeds as SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites into orbit, which as of March 2021, number at over 1,100. The company’s long-term goal is to eventually operate thousands of satellites, paving the way for download speeds at 1Gbps and then 10Gbps.
All of this is helping pave the way for a new paradigm of eye-quality 360 content on the internet.
