Swisscom is Switzerland's best mobile phone provider

Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt's mobile networks have once again received top ratings from industry magazine Connect. But testers also noticed differences.

The German business magazine Connect conducts extensive tests of mobile networks in German-speaking countries every year. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, testers drove and walked to record connection quality.

The latest results for Switzerland's three largest providers, Swisscom, Sunrise and Salt, are now available. Spoiler: Only minor changes from last year, as can be seen in test reports released on Tuesday night (see source).

Here you will find the most important things.

Which Swiss provider performs best?

Swisscom tops the Connect ranking for the seventh time in a row. The market leader remains in the lead, with 977 points out of 1000, although she lost 4 points.

Sunrise improved by 5 points to 973 points, narrowing the gap with the leader. The salt industry scored 952 points, which was also an increase of 2 points from the previous year.

The trade magazine stressed that competition in Switzerland is at the “highest” level. This point is High 5G coverageDiscovered by testers during measurement. In large cities, Swisscom's coverage is close to 99%, Sunrise's coverage is over 97%, and Salt's coverage is over 95%.

Although differences between providers have increased along connecting roads, value remains high in smaller cities. Swisscom achieved up to 94% 5G availability in these areas, while Sunrise was around 76% and Salt was around 65%.

How is the network coverage on the train?

Traditionally, a challenge for mobile phone providers has been coverage on trains. According to Connect, Swiss networks have once again performed very well in this area.

Swisscom's train 5G coverage is about 91%, Sunrise's is 82%, and Salt's is 68%. It also shows that providers often offer robust 4G/LTE in places where 5G is not available.

How is the voice quality?

exist language level Sunrise holds on to the top spot with a slim margin of 2 points from last year, ahead of Swisscom, which remains unchanged on points. Salt follows suit. The extension of VoLTE (Voice over LTE) ensures short call setup times and high voice quality in all networks.

What about games?

According to the “Connect” test report, there are surprises in the field of “high-end gaming”, that is, in the field of digital data transmission, where the smallest delay (delay) can have a negative impact or even destroy the user experience: Sunrise leads, Salt follows, Swisscom ranks third.

How is it tested?

During this test, the “Connect” experts traveled a total of approximately 6,230 kilometers in Switzerland. The so-called road test went through 24 big cities and 17 small towns.

In addition, walking tests are being carried out in eight cities, including train stations, airports, cafes, museums and public transport. According to “Connect”, the measurement activity covered about 2.3 million residents, equivalent to about 25.7% of the Swiss population.

A novelty in this year's test is the inclusion of video chat in the assessment. According to Connect, this reflects the growing importance of such communication services in daily use.

source

(Standards Development Bureau/Africa Working Group)

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