cities where Ookla has identified an active 5G network, most of them are considered limited availability deployments, via AT&T’s network.

Ookla puts the 5G deployments into two categories: commercial availability, meaning that a device is available that any consumer can purchase and use on the 5G network or “limited availability,” meaning that a 5G network is present, but only select users have access to it - so it’s often still in the testing phase. And Ookla is only counting 5G New Radio deployments, not Verizon’s 5G TF or AT&T’s “5G Evolution” markets, which incorporate technologies that most operators identify as advanced LTE. That doesn’t translate to 294 individual 5G sites the locations are identified at a city level. The company has identified 20 operators around the world that have 303 active 5G deployments in 294 locations. As early 5G network deployments get underway, Ookla Speedtest has published an interactive online map of locations where 5G networks can be found.

Ookla map 5g