Is 5G lower latency?

One of the big selling point of 5g is low latency. But due to how visible routes the data, the ping is likely to be high regardless .

Mobile data internet speed In India, 4G high ping ranges from 40-50 ms and 3G latency can reach 130 ms. 5G latency is also smaller, with latency averaging about 21-26ms according to late 2019 Ookla data.

First of all, the 5G standard allows excellent latency performance on the radio access link , providing a flexible framework to support different services and QoS requirements: scalable transmission slot duration, mini-slot and slot aggregation, self-contained slot structure, i.e. transmission slots containing both …