Interested in knowing how well the major mobile operators performed at MWC in Los Angeles – the largest mobility show in the U.S.?
Global Wireless Solutions, Inc. (GWS) was busy testing their network performance during the show at the LA Convention Center. Moving among the 18,000 plus attendees, GWS methodically trekked around the convention center halls all week conducting tests using Samsung Galaxy S9 and S10 devices loaded with the GWS OneMeasure app and Rohde & Schwarz’s QualiPoc. After testing over 8,000 voice and data tasks and walking over 72,000 steps, the results are in.
Throughputs were very consistent each day on the 4G networks. The networks were unfazed by the volume of traffic from attendees, as the pre-show results on Monday were mirrored on Days 1 and 2 of the show. In terms of speed, AT&T consistently delivered 76-82 Mbps download and 20 Mbps upload each day. Verizon’s 46-50 Mbps download was not far behind, but Verizon did complete its upload tasks the fastest at 30 Mbps. T-Mobile and Sprint were consistently lower at 15 Mbps download; whereas, T-Mobile experienced a faster upload at 20 Mbps while Sprint was at 6 Mbps.
So what does all this mean? We ran our results through our OneScore ranking algorithm, which weighs and combines all of the various voice and data KPI results; and considers the network performance elements that matter most to consumers. On a score of 0 to 10 with 10 being the highest, the following were the OneScore rankings for overall network performance: AT&T (9.91), Verizon (9.84), T-Mobile (9.62), and Sprint (9.19).