the umlaut and connect MOBILE NETWORK TESTs IN SPAIN

The mobile networks in Spain have been part of umlaut’s and connect’s testing scope since 2015. The test’s current iteration is based on Drivetests, Walktests and Crowdsourcing – combining dedicated measurements with the user experience of a large number of customers.

The umlaut connect Mobile Benchmark is an independent evaluation that provides a detailed orientation to consumers and a fair, transparent and neutral evaluation and comparison of their networks' capabilities to management and supervisory boards of operators. It combines umlaut's expertise in measuring network performance with connect's long-standing editorial experience and knowledge in testing telecommunications products and services.

First conducted in Germany more than 20 years ago, umlaut and connect since 2009 extended their mobile network benchmark to other European countries, including Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the UK. In Spain, the benchmark was published first in 2015 and has been perpetuated year by year since.

Continuous development of the methodology

The scope and methodology have been continuously refined since these early days. The development since saw the growing focus on mobile data, the arrival of 3G, 4G and 5G, extensions such as adding railway connections to our test routes as well as the integration of Crowdsourcing into the tests’ scope in order to amend to results of dedicated measurements with evaluations based on real-world user experience.

Today, umlaut’s and connect’s mobile network tests are the most renowned in the industry as well as among readers. It has become the de-facto industry standard for customer-perceived network quality.

Detailed descriptions not only of the identified KPIS and the overall results, but also of the key figures of the benchmarking as well as of the underlying methodology of each year’s mobile network test can be found in the PDF reports which are available in English and Spanish language under the download button below.