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Mobile Network Experience Across Colombia's major cities

Posted: Nov 17, 2022

Opensignal has looked at the mobile network experience in seven of Colombia’s cities to compare the local mobile network experience our users had on four national operators — Claro, Movistar, Tigo and WOM. We covered the following Colombian cities: Barranquilla, Bogotá, Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena, Cúcuta and Medellín. 

How Colombia’s operators are re-using existing spectrum for modern 4G services

Posted: May 11, 2022

In this analysis, Opensignal has looked at how three national operators in Colombia use their spectrum holdings in one of the legacy 3G bands — 1900 MHz (band 2), also known as the PCS band. We observed that mobile operators have been shifting their use of this band from 3G to 4G technology and also have moved to larger channel widths for 4G connections which helps to boost the mobile experience of users.

Cómo los operadores Colombianos están reutilizando el espectro existente para los servicios 4G modernos

Posted: May 11, 2022

En este análisis, Opensignal ha examinado cómo tres operadores nacionales en Colombia utilizan sus tenencias de espectro en una de las bandas 3G heredadas: 1900 MHz (banda 2), también conocida como la banda PCS. Hemos observado que los operadores de telefonía móvil han cambiado el uso de esta banda de la tecnología 3G a la 4G y también han pasado a tener un mayor ancho de canal para las conexiones 4G, lo que ayuda a mejorar la experiencia móvil de los usuarios.

Understanding mobile experience explains why users in Colombia switch mobile operators

Posted: Nov 24, 2021

In this new analysis, Opensignal has found that Colombian smartphone users that switched their mobile operator saw a significantly worse mobile experience than the average for their original operator before they switched. These Leavers spent more time without a signal and less time connected to 4G. Also, we found that while Leavers sometimes improved their experience after switching to a new operator, it depended on which operator they joined.