For adding something on top in Ireland and reaching an
overall score of 843 dots in mobile network benchmarking
survey we proudly award this certicate to
Vodafone Ireland
Score 843 out of 1000 in Total
Score 253 out of 270 in Voice Services
Score 374 out of 480 in Data Services
Score 216 out of 250 in Crowdsourced Quality
bëst in test.
Hakan Ekmen
Chief Executive Oicer Telecommunication
Mobile Benchmark
Ireland
04
23
Measurement setupMeasurement Overview
Drivetest Voice Data
Device Samsung Galaxy S21+ Samsung Galaxy S22+
Test Cases Mobile-to-Mobile (M2M)
Side1 (VoLTE) to Side2 (VoLTE)
105 sec call window
70 sec call duration
15 sec call setup timeout
Multi-RAB traic injection on both sides
Generic OTT Voice Channel
Data 5G preferred CA
HTTP DL datastream 7s
HTTP UL datastream 7s
HTTP 10MB DL xed le transfer
HTTP 5MB UL xed le transfer
9 Live web pages
YouTube v16
Interactivity testing (eGaming)
Mobility and
Route Types
Drive test: 54% in Cities, 21% in Towns and 26% on Roads
Walk test: 100% in Cities
Samples ~ 10075 ~ 70343
Dates 13 measurement days for DT 31.03.2023. – 19.04.2023
5 measurement days for WT 21.04.2023 – 26.04.2023
Crowd Data
Assessment
24 weeks
CW46 2022 – CW17 2023
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umlaut tested and measured the performance of its voice
and data services on smartphones in comparison to other
5G/LTE mobile radio networks in metropolitan and rural
areas of Ireland.
The audit was done as a performance benchmark perfor-
med by umlaut between 31.03 and 26.04 2023 in cities and
towns as well as on connection roads.
Dedicated measurements have been executed as drive
tests outdoors using a Samsung Galaxy S21+ and a
Samsung Galaxy S22+. All data measurements have been
performed in 5G preferred mode. Voice measurements
have been done in 5G/5G preferred mode on both sides,
while call origin has been alternated.
In addition crowdsourced performance data has been
collected and evaluated between CW46 2022 and CW17
2023.
The following pages provide a comparative overview
about the performance results observed for the dierent
tested service types.
Testing areas
Drive route
Crowdsourcing based test area
98.3 %
of the ‘Population area’
covered
95.2 %
of the ‘build-up area’
covered
61,098 km
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size of tested area
43.6 %
of population measured
5206 km
measuring distance
Dublin
Galway
Cork
Malahide
Swords
Drivetest
Walktest
Roads
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Methodology
The leader in mobile benchmarking, umlaut, has analy-
zed the mobile networks of Ireland with regards to mobile
network performance. We measure smartphone voice and
data performance based on extensive drivetests – from
major metropolitan areas to smaller cities and connection
roads.
We objectively dene the routes and test methodology
and publish the results through certicates or public
benchmark reports. In addition crowdsourced perfor-
mance data has been collected and evaluated.
As the de-facto industry standard, our benchmarking
methodology focuses on customer-perceived network
quality and covers a wide range of mobile services.
Today, more than 200 mobile networks in more than
120 countries are being evaluated by our unique scoring
methodology. It allows a technical analysis that is unpre-
cedented in its level of detail and enables comparisons
between the network performance and capability of each
mobile network. Our public benchmarks as well as the
certicate benchmarks help network operators to demon-
strate how well they are delivering wireless connections to
consumers, business users and enterprises and reveals the
areas of improvement.
Claims
Best in crowd-
sourced quality
Vodafone Ireland
Best in Reliability
Vodafone Ireland
Best in test
Vodafone Ireland
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Score and breakdown
Vodafone achieved the highest overall score among competitors with 843 dots out of 1000.
Overall score considering Voice, Data and Crowdsourcing. Overall score considering Crowdsourcing.
Total Score
1000 Dots
Three Eir
- Shown total scores are rounded.
Vodafone
Operator
843
800
797
Overall
max. 1000
Crowd Score
250 Dots
Three
Eir
- Shown total scores are rounded.
Vodafone
Operator
216
194
209
Crowd
max. 250
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Reliability
Reliability score considering Voice Reliability, Data Reliability and Consistent UE.
Total Score
493 Dots
Three Eir
- Consistent UE = Consistent User Experience (Crowd)
Vodafone
Operator
416
394
380
Overall Reliability
max. 493
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umlaut SE
Am Kraversorgungsturm 3 · 52070 Aachen · Germany
Hakan Ekmen · Chief Executive Oicer Telecommunication
cell +49 151 571 33 235 · hakan.ekmen@umlaut.com
www.umlaut.com