Results of mobile broadband trials announced

The Mobile broadband operator, Vodafone has topped the network test conducted by the Wireless company, the LCC International and was adjudged the most reliable and fastest mobile broadband provider in the UK. The test which was conducted during second quarter of this year has evaluated the performance of the product in terms of file download and the speed of loading website.

As for the average bandwidth, Vodafone provided 2.3 Mbps, while T-mobile and Three offered 1.1 Mbps and 1 Mbps respectively. Vodafone mobile broadband (1.2 Mbps) enabled the user to download 2MB (mega byte) file in 13.54 seconds. Next to Vodafone was T-Mobile with a speed of 993 Kbps or 16.15 seconds to download 2MB file. O2 Mobile broadband offered 812 Kbps speed on average or 20.17 seconds to download 2 MB file.

As for the speed of loading website, Vodafone topped the table with 6.7 seconds followed by O2 (7.45 seconds), T-Mobile (7.8 seconds), Three (12.67 seconds) and Orange (25.67).

Jeni Mundy of Vodafone UK said:

"This is fantastic news for our customers, as this research shows that they can be assured of both the highest reliability and speed. Everyday we enjoy great feedback from our mobile broadband customers, who delight in telling us that they’ve had a great experience and been able to do something that wouldn’t have been possible without mobile broadband. This research demonstrates that we are passionate about quality of service and take pride in all that we do to ensure a superb experience every time customers use our services."