Telstra 'Best in Test' in new Impartial Mobile Benchmark

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Telstra has been named 'best in test' in the inaugural edition of Australia's new annual mobile network benchmark. The 2014 P3 CommsDay Mobile Benchmark also highlights some significant strong points for both Optus and Vodafone - and shows that all three of Australia's mobile networks are well on par with their international counterparts.

Launched today by Australia's daily telecommunications journal CommsDay and international consulting, engineering and testing services company P3 Communications, the benchmark is unprecedented in its scope and level of detail. It draws on over 200,000 voice and data test samples taken across metropolitan areas, smaller towns and cities, and connecting roads and highways, accounting for a significant and representative share of the overall Australian population. Test metrics include voice call quality, success rates, file upload and download speeds, website access, SD and HD mobile video performance and more.

Telstra came away with the highest overall score and also took the top spot in each of the three main categories: smartphone voice performance, 3G data and 4G data. It did consistently well throughout metro areas, smaller cities and towns, and the connecting routes.

Optus came in at a strong second overall with a solid, sustained performance across voice and data categories. The detailed scoring showed reliability as a particular advantage for Optus, with some very high success ratios in both data and voice. Vodafone's key strength, meanwhile, was in data speeds - particularly for 4G - and, despite the carrier's focus on metro areas, it actually came a close second to Telstra for 3G and 4G performance in smaller cities and on the highways.

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