Wireless carriers in the US have experienced a few shakeups in recent years, and they’re starting to have an effect on the industry. AT&T and Verizon spent years at the top, but T-Mobile’s rapid growth pushed them to reintroduce unlimited plans, which have changed the way people use their mobile devices. A new State of the Mobile Networks report published by OpenSignal shows that while T-Mobile ranks at the top in terms of network speeds, both Verizon and AT&T are starting to close the gap.
For the report, which covered the fourth quarter of 2017 (October 1 to December 30), OpenSignal collected data from more than 200,000 mobile devices across 33 major cities. While some wireless carriers in the United States were resting on their laurels, T-Mobile invested heavily in its LTE Advanced network, and it shows. The carrier topped OpenSignal’s charts in four of five categories: 3G, 4G, overall speed, 4G availability, and 3G latency. (It’s the second time T-Mobile’s come out on top in OpenSignal’s 4G speed test.) The only award it didn’t win was 4G latency — AT&T took the crown with an average LTE network ping time of 58.3 milliseconds.
Source: OpenSignal
Sprint has been struggling, lately, but its recent network investments have paid off. The carrier managed to increase average 4G speeds across its network by 33 percent (from 3 Mbps to 12 Mbps), according to OpenSignal, and improve measurably (9 percentage points) in 4G availability tests — testers were able to find a Sprint signal 85.7 percent of the time.
Source: OpenSignal
When AT&T and Verizon launched their respective unlimited plans, both networks showed a decrease in 4G speeds. Thankfully, though, the carriers have been working to improve speeds. Verizon’s network speeds have returned to “pre-unlimited speed levels”, according to OpenSignal, rising to an average of 17.8 Mbps. AT&T’s 4G LTE speeds also rebounded, hitting 13.3Mbps for the quarter.
The full report is available at the source link.
Source: OpenSignal
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