The tiny South American country of El Salvador, despite significant investment in 4G from mobile network operators, is struggling to get subscriptions off the ground.
Total mobile data traffic in France will advance due to the increase in data-intensive applications, such as video, web browsing, social networking and M2M, among others.
Middlesbrough has the best 4G mobile phone coverage in Britain while Bournemouth has the worst, according to a study conducted by consumer watchdog Which and wireless mapping specialists OpenSignal.
As of 2016, Uruguay had reached a broadband penetration of the population of 27 percent, the highest in the region, and well above the regional average of 12 percent.
When the UK government announced its new Digital Infrastructure Investment fund in the Autumn Statement, Phillip Hammond announced £740m ($920m) would be dedicated to the development of 5G.