Tech Guide - Share Optus has been awarded with the title of the fastest 5G network in Australia by independent benchmarking company Ookla in 2021. The Ookla speedtest measured and compared 5G mobile speeds from all providers in Australia over the first two quarters of 2021. Ookla analysed the data from more than 330,000 user-initiated 5G Speedtest results and it showed Optus achieved a median download speed of 323Mbps as well as the best latency result of 18 milliseconds. Telstra recently announced it has crossed the 75 per cent coverage threshold for 5G in Australia. Another independent report published in February by Systemics Benchmarking also showed that in December 2020 Telstra coverage was seen in 78 per cent of tests compared to Optus 48 per cent of the time.