Last week the website Open Signal published an article on the state of LTE around the world. With the article they shared some date including LTE coverage around the world and LTE speeds around the world. When it came to coverage Kuwait was right on top of the list tied in 3rd place with Hong Kong. The only other countries ahead were South Korea and Japan. On the other hand when it came to LTE speeds, Kuwait’s speed landed at the other end of the list with an average download speed of 7Mbps placing it in 63rd place out of 68 countries. The only countries that performed worst were Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Costa Rica and Iran.
Now the more interesting information is the breakdown of the local operators by Open Signal. The operator with the most local coverage was Zain with 87%, Viva with 85% and Ooredoo with 84%. When it came to download speeds, Ooredoo averaged the fastest with 8Mbps, Zain with 7Mbps and Viva with 6Mbps.
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9 replies on “Kuwait 4G LTE Report”
Yeah that’s why the places with fast LTE have strict limits on how much you can use the internet. That’s partially how you keep it fast for everyone 😛
Of course the internet infrastructure in general is crap
All I know is Viva is the worst internet connection ever! And everyone i know who has used it agrees
Viva is a million times better than Ooooooredoooo. But both of rotten garbage when compared to Zain.
Agreed, Viva outperforms Wataniya at all times. As for Zain, they’re either faster or actual garbage with speeds of >1Mbps.
Viva need to get their shit together. Their customer service is the worst and their services in general.
Guys Viva is the shittiest internet ever..stay away from it as far as possible!
All internet providers in kuwait are shit.
I’m curious, does each operator have their own towers around Kuwait? or do they all operate from the same towers?
Worst customer care and network.. I hve benn calling customer care for 5 months as I am in 24 months commitment.. always they say technical engineer will call.. at las a service agent said ur area has net work issue which we cannot sole. I asked him so can I terminate as of this .. he said no. U have to pay and continue usage is upto you.. viva cannot do anything and u should adjust as u have no network…
At last least he said go to hell… first time in my life I hear such response from a customer care .. viva will fall … with these in professionals…