Vietnam leads Tutela’s mobile network performance ranking
Vietnamese mobile subscribers have a better experience in network quality and speed than users in many Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, according to a report by Tutela, a global crowdsourced mobile data company.
Vietnam leads other countries in the region with “Excellent Consistent Quality” of 71.4 percent. (Photo: fptshop.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese mobile subscribers have a better experiencein network quality and speed than users in many Southeast Asian countries suchas Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, according to a report byTutela, a global crowdsourced mobile data company.
Vietnam leads other countries in the region with “Excellent Consistent Quality”of 71.4 percent, followed by Malaysia at 64 percent.
“Excellent Consistent Quality” is Tutela’s measure for how often a mobileoperator provides its users with a connection that is suitable for a range ofmore intensive use cases such as 1080p video streaming, group HD video callsand real-time gaming.
The report used data from 14 million devices,including iOS and Android smartphones. Over 330 million speed tests werecarried out between July 1 and December 31.
Tutela also said that Vietnam had the fastest networks in the region onaverage, with a median of 10.6 Mbps. By operator, Viettel dominated in thecountry with a median download throughput of 13.4 Mbps./.
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Vietnam leads other countries in the region with “Excellent Consistent Quality” of 71.4 percent. (Photo: fptshop.com.vn) 
