Mobile Network Experience Report Qatar May 2019

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Mobile Network Experience Report
May 2019

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Author
Hardik Khatri Analyst

Key Findings

A comfortable victory for Vodafone in Latency Experience

Vodafone took a good lead over Ooredoo and won our Latency Experience award with a score of 32.6 milliseconds. Our tests revealed a gap of 12.1ms between the two operators, with Ooredoo’s connections responding slower than Vodafone’s at 44.7ms.

A dead heat in 4G Availability

It was a tie between Vodafone and Ooredoo in our 4G Availability metric, with both scoring just over 85%. As operators' scores are closing in on the 90% mark, they are now focusing on rolling out 5G commercial networks in Qatar. Both operators have reportedly made first calls on their 5G network. Vodafone recently opened a presale of 5G phones, while Ooredoo is preparing 1,200 base stations to be 5G-ready.

Vodafone bags a Very Good Video Experience rating

Vodafone won our Video Experience award with a score of 66.7 (out of 100) — 4.1 points ahead of its rival — earning it a Very Good rating. Ooredoo missed the Very Good Video Experience mark only by 2.4 points, limiting itself to a Good Video Experience rating (55-65), which means streamed video over Ooredoo's connections exhibited comparatively longer loading times and more stuttering than Vodafone's.

Vodafone is Qatar’s Emir of Speed

Vodafone swept both our Download and Upload Speed Experience awards. Ooredoo was slower than Vodafone by 1.9 Mbps and 0.8 Mbps in Download and Upload Speed respectively, according to our measurements.

Introduction

In our first look at Qatar’s mobile market, one operator was dominant in almost all our award categories. Vodafone won four out of our five national metric medals. Vodafone led by a very large margin in our Latency Experience category, but in our other metrics, its key rival Ooredoo gave a good chase, scoring a draw in 4G Availability and coming close in both our speed categories. We've analyzed the mobile network experience over a period of 90 days from the start of January 2019 to see how the country's two national operators matchup.

Opensignal Awards Table

Mobile Experience Awards Qatar
May 2019, Qatar Report
4G Availability
Video Experience
Download Speed Experience
Upload Speed Experience
Latency Experience
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Mobile Experience Awards Winners
May 2019, Qatar
Video Experience
Download Speed Experience
Upload Speed Experience
Latency Experience
Mobile Experience Awards Draws
May 2019, Qatar
4G Availability
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Overview

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4G Availability
% of time
Ooredoo
86.6
Vodafone
85.7
022.54567.590
The brackets represent confidence intervals.
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National Analysis

4G Availability

4G Availability
% of time
Ooredoo
86.6
Vodafone
85.7
022.54567.590
The brackets represent confidence intervals.
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Video Experience

Video Experience
in 0-100 points
Ooredoo
62.6
Vodafone
66.7
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
The brackets represent confidence intervals.
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Video Experience
Additional Metrics
in 0-100 points
4G Video Experience
66.9 (± 1.12) 71.7 (± 1.00)
3G Video Experience
48.9 (± 2.88) 52.7 (± 2.50)
+/- numeric values represent confidence intervals.
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4G Video Experience in 0-100 points
67 (± 1.12)
72 (± 1.00)
3G Video Experience in 0-100 points
49 (± 2.88)
53 (± 2.50)
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Download Speed Experience

Download Speed Experience
in Mbps
Ooredoo
23.8
Vodafone
25.7
07.51522.530
The brackets represent confidence intervals.
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Download Speed Experience
Additional Metrics
in Mbps
4G Download Speed
28.7 (± 0.79) 32.4 (± 1.03)
3G Download Speed
7.8 (± 0.39) 7.1 (± 0.41)
+/- numeric values represent confidence intervals.
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4G Download Speed in Mbps
29 (± 0.79)
32 (± 1.03)
3G Download Speed in Mbps
8 (± 0.39)
7 (± 0.41)
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Upload Speed Experience

Upload Speed Experience
in Mbps
Ooredoo
8.2
Vodafone
9.0
02.557.510
The brackets represent confidence intervals.
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Upload Speed Experience
Additional Metrics
in Mbps
4G Upload Speed
10.3 (± 0.31) 11.9 (± 0.45)
3G Upload Speed
1.5 (± 0.10) 1.0 (± 0.10)
+/- numeric values represent confidence intervals.
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4G Upload Speed in Mbps
10 (± 0.31)
12 (± 0.45)
3G Upload Speed in Mbps
1 (± 0.10)
1 (± 0.10)
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Latency Experience

Latency Experience
in ms The lower the figure the better the latency
Ooredoo
44.7
Vodafone
32.6
011.2522.533.7545
The brackets represent confidence intervals.
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Latency Experience
Additional Metrics
in ms
4G Latency
40.2 (± 0.95) 29.1 (± 0.48)
3G Latency
59.1 (± 2.64) 42.4 (± 2.80)
+/- numeric values represent confidence intervals.
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4G Latency in ms
40 (± 0.95)
29 (± 0.48)
3G Latency in ms
59 (± 2.64)
42 (± 2.80)
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Opensignal measures the real-world experience of consumers on mobile networks in the places they live, work and travel.

We continually adapt our methodology to best represent the true experience of smartphone users. Therefore, comparisons of the results to past reports should be considered indicative only.

For every metric we calculate statistical confidence intervals indicated on our graphs. When confidence intervals overlap, our measured results are too close to declare a winner. In those cases, we show a statistical draw. For this reason, some metrics have multiple winners.

In our bar graphs we represent confidence intervals as boundaries on either sides of graph bars. In our supporting-metric charts we show confidence intervals as +/- numerical values.

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For every metric we calculate statistical confidence intervals indicated on our graphs. When confidence intervals overlap, our measured results are too close to declare a winner. In those cases, we show a statistical draw. For this reason, some metrics have multiple operator winners.

In our bar graphs we represent confidence intervals as boundaries on either sides of graph bars.

In our supporting-metric charts we show confidence intervals as +/- numerical values.

Why confidence intervals are vital in analyzing mobile network experience