OpenSignal: Smart edges Globe's 4G availability in PH

Independent mobile analytics company OpenSignal has recently published its Mobile Network Experience Report for April 2020.

Smart and Globe logos

PH telco improvements

Summary of mobile experience between Globe and Smart

OpenSignal's report showed that for the first time ever, Smart has bested Globe in terms of nationwide 4G Availability. Smart got an increase of 7.5 percent to record a score of 81.8 percent. Globe also increased its nationwide 4G Availability with 77.8 percent score, but there is now a gap of 4 points between two operators.

Smart with 81.8 percent 4G network availability

Previously, the battle between these two telcos in network availability is neck in neck.

This made Smart the first Filipino operator to pass the 80 percent 4G Availability mark nationwide.

Also, PLDT dominated Globe in nearly all categories in OpenSignal's Mobile Experience Awards.

Smart recorded a better Video Experience, Games Experience, Voice App Experience, Download Speed Experience, Upload Speed Experience, and 4G Availability scores.

Globe's Latency Experience is close to Smart

Fortunately, Globe's latency experience is close to Smart.

Both Globe and Smart made improvements in the network responsiveness experience as well.

However, Philippine operators still struggle with call quality in the Voice App Experience.

To come up with this report, OpenSignal said that 288,942 devices participated in this test with total measurements of 659,883,359 from November 1 to January 29, 2020.

Even per region, OpenSignal's data showed that Smart is mostly ahead of Globe overall.

See also: Smart reallocates 1800 MHz frequencies from 2G to 4G LTE nationwide

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Source: OpenSignal