The average download speed for 4G networks was of 14.7Mbit/s compared with 5.9Mbit/s on 3G and it took 0.72 seconds to load a web page, in contrast with 1.04 seconds on 3G, according to figures from Ofcom.
It collected 120,000 test samples on smartphones in five towns and cities where both 4G and 3G networks have been rolled out, including Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle and Poole/Bournemouth.
EE delivered the fastest average 4G download speed of 18.6Mbit/s, surpassing O2, Three and Vodafone, but Three was the quickest on average for web browsing over 4G at 0.63 seconds to load a web page.
Overall, 97 per cent of test samples across EE, O2, Three and Vodafone provided 4G download speeds above 2Mbit/s, typically sufficient to support high-capacity video services.
Across the four networks, 83.4 per cent of test samples provided 4G page loading speeds of under one second. However, the proportion was...