German 4G coverage and speeds are lower than in other European countries, according to a study by the consulting firm P3 on behalf of the Green party. The average coverage in Germany is 59.5 percent compared to 93.5 percent in the Netherlands, 82.5 percent in Poland and 61.7 percent in Albania. The figures are based on data processed using an application on Android smartphones from July to September 2018.
The LTE coverage by almost all network operators in the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland is more than 90 percent, while Deutsche Telekom in Germany scores 75 percent and Vodafone Germany just under 57 percent. The 4G network of Telefonica was not available for half of the analyzed data sets, according to the report.
The three major German network operators score an average speed of less than 5 Mbps, while the highest is achieved by Swiss mobile networks with 10.5. The great majority of users (90%) in German mobile networks are therefore limited to speeds of less than 15 Mbps, while the 4G mobile network operators in Switzerland offer more than 25 Mbps for at least 10 percent of users.
