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Our users on all three of Portugal's operators have seen their mobile Video Experience improve, with all the country's networks now gaining Very Good scores (65-75 out of 100) — meaning mobile video should load quickly and stream without stuttering, even at higher resolutions. Vodafone won our award, but NOS saw the greatest improvement of close to 10 points to put pressure on the leader.
Vodafone kept our Download Speed Experience award, increasing its score by over 2 Mbps to close in on the 30 Mbps milestone. Our users on Vodafone's network are now getting speeds nearly 50% faster than its closest rival — although NOS saw the greatest increase in Download Speed Experience of close to 3 Mbps. In Upload Speed Experience, Vodafone passed the 10 Mbps mark, although NOS saw the only significant growth in this metric.
We saw improvements in 4G Availability for all three operators, as Vodafone and MEO's scores both grew by over 2 percentage points while NOS saw a slightly lower increase. Vodafone's winning score is now within 2 percentage points of the 90% mark, and it would be no surprise to see it pass this milestone in our next report. Portugal ranked fairly well in our recent global State of Mobile Network Experience report, beating many larger European markets including France, Germany and Italy.
Our users on NOS saw the only significant boost in Latency Experience, as the operator's score improved by over 3 milliseconds. Vodafone held onto our Latency Experience award, but both it and MEO haven't seen any notable improvement in their scores since our last report on the Portuguese market.
Our latest look at Portugal's mobile network experience shows Vodafone is cementing its lead in the Iberian market. The operator won all five of our national awards for the second report running, and it saw some impressive increases in its scores, especially in Download Speed Experience. But its rivals have also seen their fair share of improvements, particularly in Video Experience where all three operators now have Very Good ratings. In our latest report on the Portuguese mobile market, we've analyzed the mobile network experience over a period of 90 days from March 01 to May 29, 2019 to see how the country's three national operators, MEO, NOS and Vodafone measure up.
| Mobile Experience Awards Portugal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
July 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
|
July 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
| 76.1 (± 0.35) | 70.5 (± 0.59) | 70.7 (± 0.49) |
|
3G Video Experience
| 52.7 (± 1.33) | 49.3 (± 1.80) | 51.0 (± 1.57) |
| 4G Video Experience | in 0-100 points |
|
V
Vodafone
|
76 (± 0.35) |
|
N
NOS
|
71 (± 0.59) |
|
M
MEO
|
71 (± 0.49) |
| 3G Video Experience | in 0-100 points |
|
V
Vodafone
|
53 (± 1.33) |
|
N
NOS
|
49 (± 1.80) |
|
M
MEO
|
51 (± 1.57) |
|
Download Speed Experience
Additional Metrics |
V
Vodafone
|
N
NOS
|
M
MEO
|
|---|---|---|---|
| in Mbps | |||
|
4G Download Speed
| 34.6 (± 0.46) | 21.1 (± 0.36) | 24.3 (± 0.36) |
|
3G Download Speed
| 6.3 (± 0.17) | 6.0 (± 0.20) | 8.2 (± 0.20) |
| 4G Download Speed | in Mbps |
|
V
Vodafone
|
35 (± 0.46) |
|
N
NOS
|
21 (± 0.36) |
|
M
MEO
|
24 (± 0.36) |
| 3G Download Speed | in Mbps |
|
V
Vodafone
|
6 (± 0.17) |
|
N
NOS
|
6 (± 0.20) |
|
M
MEO
|
8 (± 0.20) |
|
Upload Speed Experience
Additional Metrics |
V
Vodafone
|
N
NOS
|
M
MEO
|
|---|---|---|---|
| in Mbps | |||
|
4G Upload Speed
| 11.9 (± 0.18) | 8.8 (± 0.18) | 8.0 (± 0.15) |
|
3G Upload Speed
| 1.8 (± 0.07) | 1.5 (± 0.07) | 1.6 (± 0.06) |
| 4G Upload Speed | in Mbps |
|
V
Vodafone
|
12 (± 0.18) |
|
N
NOS
|
9 (± 0.18) |
|
M
MEO
|
8 (± 0.15) |
| 3G Upload Speed | in Mbps |
|
V
Vodafone
|
2 (± 0.07) |
|
N
NOS
|
1 (± 0.07) |
|
M
MEO
|
2 (± 0.06) |
|
Latency Experience
Additional Metrics |
V
Vodafone
|
N
NOS
|
M
MEO
|
|---|---|---|---|
| in ms | |||
|
4G Latency
| 33.4 (± 0.18) | 38.5 (± 0.24) | 42.9 (± 0.29) |
|
3G Latency
| 48.0 (± 0.63) | 52.9 (± 1.01) | 56.1 (± 0.83) |
| 4G Latency | in ms |
|
V
Vodafone
|
33 (± 0.18) |
|
N
NOS
|
39 (± 0.24) |
|
M
MEO
|
43 (± 0.29) |
| 3G Latency | in ms |
|
V
Vodafone
|
48 (± 0.63) |
|
N
NOS
|
53 (± 1.01) |
|
M
MEO
|
56 (± 0.83) |
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