Wi-Fi 7 penetration hits 25% in Singapore, outpacing Asia-Pacific

Study points to ISP bundling and 6 GHz uptake as adoption races ahead of regional peers

Singapore’s high-speed broadband rollout and router bundling strategies have driven a sharp rise in Wi-Fi 7 adoption, widening the gap with regional peers, according to Ookla’s Global State of Wi-Fi 2026 report.

Singapore recorded the highest share of Wi-Fi 7 users globally at 25.1% in the first quarter (Q1) of 2026, based on Speedtest data from Android devices, the report said.

This compares with 5.0% in Hong Kong, 4.2% in Japan and 3.6% in Australia and the global average for Wi-Fi 7 adoption at 1.8%.

Ookla attributed Singapore’s outperformance to government-led messaging around upgrading home broadband to 10 Gbps plans, with a target of 500,000 homes for 10Gbps broadband by 2028, including guidance that older Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E routers are not able to support such speeds .

It also cited telco bundling of Wi-Fi 7 routers with high-speed broadband subscriptions.

At operator level, MyRepublic recorded the highest Wi-Fi 7 share in Singapore at 27%, followed by ViewQwest at 22%, whilst Singtel and StarHub were both at 21%, and M1 at 20%.

On spectrum usage, 13.3% of Wi-Fi traffic in Singapore ran on the 6 GHz band in Q1 2026, compared with 70.8% on 5 GHz. This places Singapore ahead of the Asia-Pacific average of 0.5%.

Singapore’s 6 GHz usage is broadly comparable with North America, which leads globally at 13.8%. Ookla said North America’s position reflects early full allocation of the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use in the US and Canada, alongside broadband provider hardware bundling.

Europe recorded 1.6% 6 GHz usage. France led at 8.6%, followed by Norway at 6.5%, Germany at 1.1% and Italy at 0.4%. Ookla said uptake in Europe has been limited by partial allocation of the 6 GHz band for unlicensed use.

Across Asia-Pacific, Wi-Fi standards remain weighted towards older generations. Wi-Fi 4 accounted for 40.4% of samples and Wi-Fi 5 for 39.5% in Q1 2026. Wi-Fi 6 rose to 20.6%, whilst Wi-Fi 7 accounted for 1.3%.

China recorded a 7.5% Wi-Fi 7 share, the second highest in the region after Singapore. Ookla said much of this is driven by dual-band Wi-Fi 7 routers that operate only on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, rather than full tri-band 6 GHz configurations.

Globally, Omdia projects Wi-Fi 7 adoption will increase from 3.6% of the consumer CPE installed base in 2025 to 13.8% in 2030.