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Vodafone achieved the rare feat of winning every single one of OpenSignal's primary metric categories. The operator was the unquestioned leader in 4G Availability, speed, latency and Video Experience across all our metrics in this report.
All three nationwide operators earned at least a Good rating (55-65) in our Video Experience metric, but Vodafone's score of 68.3 was enough to propel it into the Very Good range, indicative of fast loading times and few interruptions during playback, even at higher resolutions.
Both NOS and Vodafone scored above the 84% mark in 4G Availability, attesting to the broad reach of their LTE networks. MEO, however, has some catching up to do when it comes to 4G access. It was nearly 10 percentage points behind its competitors in this metric.
With a Download Speed Experience score of 26.7 Mbps and an Upload Speed Experience score of 9.7 Mbps, Vodafone's average scores were at least 25% ahead of its competitors in both categories.
Vodafone continues to impress in Portugal, and it's only improved since our last Mobile Networks Update on the Iberian country. The operator won every single one of the primary metric categories in OpenSignal's 90-day test period from 01 Sep to 29 Nov, and in most cases Vodafone's wins were definitive. Vodafone had no peer in our Video Experience, Download Speed Experience, Upload Speed Experience and Latency Speed Experience metrics. Only in 4G Availability did it face a contender. But rivals MEO and NOS were not just below Vodafone but behind most of Europe in some of our key metrics.
| Mobile Experience Awards Portugal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
February 2019,
Portugal Report
|
V
Vodafone
|
N
NOS
|
M
MEO
|
4G Availability
| |||
Video Experience
| |||
Download Speed Experience
| |||
Upload Speed Experience
| |||
Latency Experience
| |||
|
Mobile Experience Awards Winners
|
February 2019,
Portugal
|
|---|---|
|
4G Availability
|
V
Vodafone
|
|
Video Experience
|
V
Vodafone
|
|
Download Speed Experience
|
V
Vodafone
|
|
Upload Speed Experience
|
V
Vodafone
|
|
Latency Experience
|
V
Vodafone
|
|
Video Experience
Additional Metrics |
V
Vodafone
|
N
NOS
|
M
MEO
|
|---|---|---|---|
| in 0-100 points | |||
|
4G Video Experience
| 74.5 (± 0.94) | 62.2 (± 1.98) | 66.0 (± 1.57) |
|
3G Video Experience
| 48.7 (± 3.77) | 38.8 (± 3.89) | 46.9 (± 3.90) |
| 4G Video Experience | in 0-100 points |
|
V
Vodafone
|
74 (± 0.94) |
|
N
NOS
|
62 (± 1.98) |
|
M
MEO
|
66 (± 1.57) |
| 3G Video Experience | in 0-100 points |
|
V
Vodafone
|
49 (± 3.77) |
|
N
NOS
|
39 (± 3.89) |
|
M
MEO
|
47 (± 3.90) |
|
Download Speed Experience
Additional Metrics |
V
Vodafone
|
N
NOS
|
M
MEO
|
|---|---|---|---|
| in Mbps | |||
|
4G Download Speed
| 33.1 (± 0.48) | 18.5 (± 0.38) | 23.8 (± 0.39) |
|
3G Download Speed
| 6.3 (± 0.18) | 4.9 (± 0.17) | 7.8 (± 0.19) |
| 4G Download Speed | in Mbps |
|
V
Vodafone
|
33 (± 0.48) |
|
N
NOS
|
19 (± 0.38) |
|
M
MEO
|
24 (± 0.39) |
| 3G Download Speed | in Mbps |
|
V
Vodafone
|
6 (± 0.18) |
|
N
NOS
|
5 (± 0.17) |
|
M
MEO
|
8 (± 0.19) |
|
Upload Speed Experience
Additional Metrics |
V
Vodafone
|
N
NOS
|
M
MEO
|
|---|---|---|---|
| in Mbps | |||
|
4G Upload Speed
| 12.2 (± 0.19) | 8.4 (± 0.20) | 8.3 (± 0.17) |
|
3G Upload Speed
| 1.9 (± 0.06) | 1.2 (± 0.06) | 1.7 (± 0.05) |
| 4G Upload Speed | in Mbps |
|
V
Vodafone
|
12 (± 0.19) |
|
N
NOS
|
8 (± 0.20) |
|
M
MEO
|
8 (± 0.17) |
| 3G Upload Speed | in Mbps |
|
V
Vodafone
|
2 (± 0.06) |
|
N
NOS
|
1 (± 0.06) |
|
M
MEO
|
2 (± 0.05) |
|
Latency Experience
Additional Metrics |
V
Vodafone
|
N
NOS
|
M
MEO
|
|---|---|---|---|
| in ms | |||
|
4G Latency
| 33.3 (± 0.19) | 40.5 (± 0.27) | 41.9 (± 0.28) |
|
3G Latency
| 48.5 (± 0.64) | 58.9 (± 1.13) | 55.0 (± 0.71) |
| 4G Latency | in ms |
|
V
Vodafone
|
33 (± 0.19) |
|
N
NOS
|
40 (± 0.27) |
|
M
MEO
|
42 (± 0.28) |
| 3G Latency | in ms |
|
V
Vodafone
|
48 (± 0.64) |
|
N
NOS
|
59 (± 1.13) |
|
M
MEO
|
55 (± 0.71) |
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