DMTEL has published the results of a study that was conducted for the first time on the main pedestrian and bicycle paths of thirty popular parks in Moscow.
It assessed the quality of mobile Internet among the Big Four operators from June 19 to August 21 on a route with a total length of about 700 km.
Based on the results of measurements in Moscow parks, DMTEL derived an overall rating of operators in points based on the calculation of such integral assessments of the quality of communication services as availability, reliability and quality of communication.
The highest final integral score was noted online MTS. Beeline is inferior to the operator and is in second position. MegaFon occupies third position. Rounding out the top four is T2.
Distribution of final integral assessments of radio coverage and quality of communication services
Downloading data from the Internet (Downlink)
MTS demonstrates the best performance in terms of data download speedincluding both average values and the lower (10th percentile) and upper (90th percentile) deciles. In the MTS network, 90% of speeds exceed 10 Mbit/s, and 10% exceed 126 Mbit/s, which makes it the leader in speed among competitors.
Beeline is slightly inferior to MTS, but also shows good results. On its network, 90% of speeds exceed 6 Mbps, and 10% of speeds exceed 123 Mbps.
MegaFon takes third place. On its network, 90% of speeds exceed 5 Mbps, and 10% exceed 118 Mbps.
T2 is noticeably behind other operators. On its network, 90% of speeds exceed only 2 Mbps, and 10% exceed 83 Mbps.
Distribution of service types and speeds (Downlink)
MTS is the leader in speed stability on the routewhich allows you to watch videos in HD and Full HD formats and use Internet services almost without interruption. The share of speeds below 4 Mbit/s is about 3%, and rates below 1 Mbit/s are only 0.38%, which indicates a high quality connection.
MegaFon and Beeline also show good results, providing the ability to play HD/Full HD video along most of the route. The share of speeds below 4 Mbit/s is 7% for Beeline and 8% for MegaFon, and rates below 1 Mbit/s do not exceed 2%.
T2 is significantly inferior in stability: the share of speeds below 4 Mbit/s is about 18%, and below 1 Mbit/s – about 5%.
Distribution of UHD/Full HD video playback quality formats on YouTube according to test dates
In MTS and Beeline networks, the shares of video playback time in UHD/Full HD format remain stable. In MegaFon and t2 networks during this period there was a significant decrease in the share of high-definition video.
In the period from June 19 to August 21, Beeline showed the lowest percentage of unsuccessful sessions when loading content on YouTube, HTTP DL and web pages: 2.47%, 1.15% and 2.12%, respectively.
For MTS, these figures are slightly higher – 3.02%, 1.91% and 2.29%, but they are significantly better than the results of MegaFon and t2, where the percentage of unsuccessful sessions is 2-4 times higher.
Beeline is the leader in web page loading speedperforming best in average time and top deciles. MTS is slightly inferior, but still significantly ahead of MegaFon and t2.
The study notes that applications such as video playback are OTT services that deliver content through external platforms that are not owned by the telecom operator. The quality of such services is influenced by many factors: from the content provider to the device manufacturer and the quality of the operator’s network.
LTE technologies and their improvements, including frequency aggregation and MIMO, are actively used by all operators. In the MTS network, LTE is used almost along the entire testing route (99.75% of the time), while in the MegaFon and t2 networks this figure is lower – 93% and 87%, respectively.
Uploading data to the Internet (Uplink)
MTS shows the best average Internet download speed (HTTP UL)ahead of all competitors. Beeline takes second place, following MTS, but ahead of MegaFon and t2. In t2 the value of this indicator is significantly lower.
At the lower limit of speeds (10th percentile) HTTP UL, MTS, Beeline and MegaFon have similar indicators – about 3 Mbit/s, while t2 has only about 1 Mbit/s. At the upper speed limit (90th percentile).
MTS and MegaFon show the best results – 10% of speeds exceed 57 Mbit/s. For Beeline this figure is slightly lower – about 52 Mbit/s, and for t2 it is much lower – about 23 Mbit/s.
All operators except t2 provide speeds above 1.5 Mbit/s, which is sufficient for video calls and HD video conferencing along 95% of the route. The t2 has about a quarter of its speeds below 1.5 Mbps.
Distributions of service types and speeds
MTS demonstrates the best connection stability – only 1.22% of speeds are below 0.6 Mbit/s. For Beeline this figure is 2.77%, for MegaFon – 2.30%, and for T2 – 4.76%.
Beeline leads in the share of successful content download sessions (HTTP UL)with an indicator of 0.79%. MTS is slightly inferior with 1.30%, but these results are significantly better than those of MegaFon and t2, where the shares of unsuccessful sessions are 5.90% and 5.68%, respectively.
As a result, the quality of the HTTP UL service in the MTS network is 8 points higher compared to Beeline, which ranks second, ahead of MegaFon. t2 occupies the fourth position with the lowest scores.
Radio network availability
To assess the availability of the radio network, the Radio Network Availability indicator was used, which reflects the ability to connect to the network.
Beeline demonstrated the greatest availability. MTS takes second position, and MegaFon takes third. t2 lags significantly behind and takes fourth place.
What’s the result?
MTS takes first place in the mobile Internet quality rating in Moscow parks. MTS shows the best results in terms of data download speed (HTTP DL and HTTP UL) and significantly exceeds competitors in average and maximum speeds.
Although MTS is slightly inferior to Beeline in terms of the quality of OTT services, the success of tested services and availability, this does not affect the overall rating, and the company retains its leadership.
Source: www.iphones.ru
