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DNA is the winner of the first 5G Games Experience award in Finland, having scored 79.8 points (on a 100-point scale), ahead of Elisa and Telia that tie for second place with 74.4 and 70.8 points, respectively. DNA achieved a Good rating (75<85), while Elisa and Telia placed in the Fair category (65<75). 5G Games Experience measures how mobile users experience real-time multiplayer mobile gaming on an operator’s 5G network. Measured on a scale of 0-100, it analyzes how the multiplayer mobile gaming experience is affected by mobile network conditions including latency, packet loss and jitter.
Our Finnish users experienced average 5G download speeds over 200 Mbps on all three mobile networks, as DNA, Elisa and Telia share victory in this category with statistically tied scores of 204.9 Mbps, 202 Mbps and 216.6 Mbps, respectively.
Our first 5G Video Experience award resulted in a three-way tie between DNA, Elisa and Telia as they all achieved statistically tied scores ranging between 81.2 and 83 points. Such scores place all three operators in the Excellent category (75 and above) for 5G Video Experience meaning that our users had a very consistent experience across video streaming providers and resolutions tested, with fast loading times and almost non-existent stalling when they streamed video content on a 5G connection.
DNA and Telia share the first place in 5G Upload Speed with their respective statistically tied scores of 28.3 Mbps and 25.5 Mbps. Elisa comes third with a score of 21.8 Mbps. While download speeds always attract the most attention, upload speeds are becoming increasingly important to users. Sharing photos and videos on social media or large files all benefit from fast upload speeds.
Our Finnish users on Elisa and Telia were able to connect to 5G in a larger proportion of locations compared to DNA as they shared the award with statistically tied scores of 3.6 and 2.7 (on a 10-point scale), ahead of Elisa on 2 points. However, our users on all three operators spent a similar amount of time connected to 5G as they all achieved statistically tied scores of between 10.6% and 12.6% in 5G Availability. Opensignal's 5G Availability measures the amount of time 5G users spent with an active 5G connection — the higher the percentage, the more time users on a network were actually connected to 5G. On the other hand, 5G Reach measures how 5G users experience the geographical extent of an operator’s network.
In our first look at the 5G experience in Finland, we found an extremely competitive mobile network experience landscape. Out of seven awards for the taking, six award categories resulted in a tie between multiple operators, with the remaining one — 5G Games Experience — being the only category featuring an outright winner, DNA.
The three Finnish mobile operators have very similar 5G spectrum positions, which likely help explain why we observed so many ties across our 5G award categories. In fact, DNA, Elisa and Telia all secured the same amount of spectrum in the recent 700 MHz, 3.5 GHz and 26 GHz 5G spectrum auctions.
After initially launching its Home 5G service in December 2019, DNA began selling 5G mobile subscriptions in January 2020 and by November 2021 covered 53% of the population with 5G, available in more than 124 locations.
Elisa started pre-selling its 5G mobile devices and plans in May 2019, ahead of a full commercial launch in the following month. By October 2021, Elisa’s 5G network reached over 60% of the population in nearly 130 locations.
Telia introduced its first 5G devices and subscriptions in October 2019, and by October 2021 the operator covered 54% of the population with its 5G network.
Not only operators’ 5G coverage has expanded, but 5G adoption in Finland has also been gaining momentum in 2021. In fact, in their Q3 interim reports DNA, Elisa and Telia all reported that 5G models represented the majority of new mobile phones sold.
In this 5G Experience report, we analyzed our users' 5G experience in Finland on the three national operators — DNA, Elisa and Telia — over 90 days starting on August 1, 2021, ending on October 29, 2021.
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DNA
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Elisa
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Telia
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5G Reach
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Telia
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5G Video Experience
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Telia
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5G Voice App Experience
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Telia
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5G Download Speed
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