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UAE Has Fastest Internet Speed on Android 5G Devices Worldwide

The UAE has the fastest internet speed on was more than four times faster than the all the other countries, the country’s 5G
Android 5G devices globally, according to iPhone 11 in the UAE. With a download download speeds were even faster. We
data analyzed by Ookla, which provides speed of 485.59 Mbps, the UAE has the can see from the data that some of the 4G
analysis related to Internet connection fastest median download speed over devices can perform much better when
data rate and latency. The study found that iPhone 13, faster than any phone in any on a faster network. Even the slowest 4G
the median speed of Samsung Galaxy S21 country analyzed in Q3 2021. UAE’s capital device on this list, the Huawei P30 Pro, had
was 285.39 Mbps, Samsung Galaxy S21 Abu Dhabi was recently ranked among the a median download speed of 68.26 Mbps
Ultra at 269.09 Mbps and Samsung Galaxy top three fastest capitals in the 5G network in UAE compared to 30.20 Mbps in the UK
S20+ at 212.69 Mbps in the third quarter index with the fastest median download on the same device,” Ookla said in its latest
of 2021. While 4G devices speed test was speeds of 421.26Mbps in the first half of analysis. The study found that not only did
below 90 Mbps. The Samsung Galaxy S21 2021, reflecting the country’s ongoing Saudi Arabia show the second-fastest
5G showed a median download speed of efforts and investments to build one of median download speed over iPhone 13
215.10 Mbps in South Korea while the the most advanced 5G networks in the during Q3 2021, the latest iPhone variant
Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G showed a median region and the world. “While the median was also more than five times faster than
download speed of 261.21 Mbps in Saudi download speeds across 4G devices in the the iPhone 11.
Arabia. It also found that the iPhone 13 UAE during Q3 2021 handily beat those of

Saudi Arabia, Egypt Discuss IT Cooperation

Amr Talaat, Egypt’s minister of writers — would participate to enrich vital role of information communication
communications and information Arabic digital content. Talaat referred to technology, referring to the development
technology, and Haytham Al-Ohali, Saudi initiatives launched by his ministry to of digital government in Saudi Arabia. He
deputy minister of communications and build digital capabilities. He said the Egypt was in Egypt to attend the 42nd session
IT, discussed ways to enhance bilateral Informatics University — established in of the executive council of the Islamic
cooperation, particularly with regard to the country’s new administrative capital World Educational, Scientific and Cultural
digital transformation and digital capacity — is the first in Africa and the Middle East Organization, which was held in Cairo from
building. They discussed cooperation in specialized in communications, IT and Dec. 6-9 and hosted by the Ministry of
launching a hackathon in Egypt in which related fields. He urged Saudi youth to Higher Education.
Egyptian youth — including computer study at the university. Al-Ohali said the
programmers, developers and content coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the

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