Brazil is behind Guatemala and Iran in quality of internet 4 g

did access the internet on your mobile phone using 4 g in recent days and failed? It''s not just you: OpenSignal consulting data show that Brazilians have one of the worst mobile broadband networks in the world, considering the quality and availability of the signal. According to the company''s new report released on Tuesday night, 6, the Brazilian users can only access 4 g networks in 55.29% of opportunities. The other connection attempts, the most common is to sign only on 2 g or 3 g connection--or even that.
Brazil is behind Guatemala and Iran in quality of internet 4 g
Global ranking of countries according to the quality and availability of the signal, was released by OpenSignal consulting; only half of the attempts, Brazilian can connect cell phone
07/06/2017 | 5:00
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By Bruno Chapels-O Estado de s. Paulo
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Attempted to access the internet on your mobile phone using 4 g in recent days and failed? It''s not just you: OpenSignal consulting data show that Brazilians have one of the worst mobile broadband networks in the world, considering the quality and availability of the signal. According to the company''s new report released on Tuesday night, 6, the Brazilian users can only access 4 g networks in 55.29% of opportunities. The other connection attempts, the most common is to sign only on 2 g or 3 g connection--or even that.
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The numbers put the Country in a nuisance 70th place in a ranking of 75 countries – ahead only to Pakistan, Philippines, Ireland, Ecuador and Sri Lanka, and behind the Guatemala and Iran. "It''s a difficult country: you have a lot of geographical space to cover, and at the same time, many highly populated urban centres," says Kevin Fitchard OpenSignal analyst, in an interview to the State.
The report was conducted from 19.5 billion measurements made with the application of OpenSignal Android and iOS operating systems by 558,000 users worldwide between 1 January and 31 March 2017. The leadership, in terms of network availability, is with South Korea, where users can connect to a 4 g network in 96.38% of the attempts.
Speed. When it comes to fast data transmission in 4 g networks, Brazil''s situation improves a bit – but not much. According to the survey of OpenSignal, Brazilian users can access the internet, when connected in 4 g networks, at an average speed of 19.32 Mbps (megabits per second). According to the consultancy, the country is above the world average, which is 16.2 Mbps.
In this regard, Brazil ranked 47th place among 75 countries, ahead of neighbors like Chile and Argentina, but after Oman and Dominican Republic, for example. In the first place, is Singapore, with average speed of 45.62 Mbps, followed closely by South Korea, with 43.46 Mbps. "in countries in that the 4 g was already fast, the speeds are improving. It''s a question of infrastructure and technology, "says Fitchard. "In Asia, they are building fast networks that can reach to 100 Mpbs.
In addition, the study shows a slight indentation of the average speed of 4 g in the country: in the latest report released by OpenSignal in November 2016, the connection rate in Brazil was 19.68 Mpbs. "In countries where they are still building your infrastructure and improving your availability, the speeds are stable or even falling," says the analyst.
For Fitchard, Brazil has satisfactory performance with regards to speed – according to the analyst, connections that reach between 10 Mbps and 15 Mbps let the user take advantage of nearly any application. "The problem is to achieve a speed of these steadily. A network with 15 Mbps speed and availability of 80 percent is better than a network of 25 Mbps with 60% availability, "says the analyst.