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Our users observed no statistically significant difference in their average download speeds on Bite and LMT’s networks. As a result both operators jointly win Latvia’s very first Download Speed Experience award, with scores of 29.3 and 32 Mbps, respectively. Tele2 comes third, clocking in at 24.9 Mbps.
Bite wins Upload Speed Experience outright, with a score of 10.6 Mbps — the only operator in the country to cross the 10 Mbps milestone this time around. The operator commands a lead of around 2.2 Mbps over second-placed LMT and Tele2, whose scores are statistically tied.
We saw two outright wins in the award table this time around — and the second one goes to LMT, for 4G Coverage Experience. LMT wins the award with a score of 8.4 points on a 10-point scale — ahead of second-placed Tele2 (8.1 points) and third-placed Bite (7.6 points). 4G Coverage Experience is a measure of how mobile subscribers experience 4G coverage on an operator’s network. it analyzes the locations where customers of a network operator received a 4G signal relative to the locations visited by users of all network operators.
We saw a series of three-way statistical ties for the experiential awards — Video Experience, Games Experience and Voice App Experience — which resulted in joint wins for Bite, LMT and Tele2. Our users in Latvia enjoyed Very Good (65<75) video experience on all networks, which means generally fast loading times and only occasional stalling. All national operators in Latvia placed in the Good (80<87) category for Voice App Experience and in the Fair (65<75) category for Games Experience.
All three Latvia’s national operators jointly win 4G Availability, due to another three-way statistical tie with scores ranging from 83.9% to 88.9%. 4G Availability shows the average proportion of time that our users spend with a 4G or better connection on each operator's network.
In Opensignal's first mobile network experience report on Latvia, we observed a fierce fight for the awards between Bite and LMT. Both operators end up with an outright win each and five joint victories. Bite solely wins the Upload Speed Experience award, while LMT — 4G Coverage Experience. Both players ended in a statistical tie in Download Speed Experience and share this award. In the remaining four categories, we saw the third national operator Tele2 join the winners’ ranks along with Bite and LMT — which resulted in four three-way statistical ties and joint wins for all of Latvia’s operators.
The national regulator Sabiedrisko Pakalpojumu Regulesanas Komisija (SPRK) has granted spectrum licenses in new spectrum bands to national operators, in two separate spectrum tenders. In December 2021, Bite, LMT and Tele2 spent €13.3 million (around $15.1 million) in total on spectrum blocks in the 700 MHz band. All operators each secured paired 10 MHz blocks, while both LMT and Tele2 also purchased a block of unpaired 10 MHz spectrum in the 700 MHz band, with licences valid from 2025. The second recent spectrum auction in Latvia took place in January 2022 — Bitel, LMT and Tele2 each won a 20 MHz block of unpaired spectrum in the 1500 MHz band. Noteworthy, Bite and Tele2 entered a partial spectrum sharing deal in March 2021.
Latvia’s operators continue to deploy 5G in the country — LMT claimed to have rolled out 100 5G base stations before December 2021, making the 5G services available in all of Latvia’s regions. Meanwhile, Tele2 signed a deal with Nokia for the deployment of 5G RAN equipment in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Tele2 shared that it is ready to deploy 5G services in Latvia, using the 700MHz and 3.5GHz bands. Tele2 also announced that it intends to invest €12.5 million to modernise its core and RAN networks and install new base stations, while its competitor Bite shared that it plans to spend €70 million to develop its 5G network in the next three years.
In this report, we've analyzed the mobile network experience for Latvia's national operators — Bite, LMT and Tele2, over a period of 90 days beginning November 1, 2021 and ending January 29, 2022, to see how they fared. 5G measurements contributed to the overall scores.
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March 2022,
Latvia Report
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B
Bite
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L
LMT
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T
Tele2
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Video Experience
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Games Experience
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Voice App Experience
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Download Speed Experience
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Upload Speed Experience
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4G Availability
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4G Coverage Experience
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Mobile Experience Awards Winners
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March 2022,
Latvia
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Upload Speed Experience
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B
Bite
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4G Coverage Experience
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L
LMT
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Mobile Experience Awards Draws
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March 2022, Latvia
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Video Experience
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B
Bite
L
LMT
T
Tele2
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Games Experience
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B
Bite
L
LMT
T
Tele2
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Voice App Experience
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B
Bite
L
LMT
T
Tele2
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Download Speed Experience
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B
Bite
L
LMT
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4G Availability
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B
Bite
L
LMT
T
Tele2
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