Technology How is network signal strain easing in China vs. the rest of the world?

Covid-19 movement restrictions have led people to spend much more time at home and engage in bandwidth-intensive activities like video streaming and gaming, putting stress on broadband and mobile networks.

21 Apr 2020
  • China appears to be doing better than the rest of the world: Wuhan and Shanghai were the only cities examined to see month-on-month improvement in both broadband and mobile latency.
  • Wuhan and Shanghai have also seen the greatest increase in mobile download speeds.
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Broadband (left) and Mobile (right) Performance – Change M/M

Source: UBS Evidence Lab, Ookla

Note: Month-over-month changes calculated using trailing 4-week averages for weeks of March 22 and February 2, respectively