#lte vs wifi mobile philippines

LTE speeds on mobile phones in the Philippines are now faster than when using WiFi connections, according to a report. In an OpenSignal study, LTE is deemed to be faster in average speeds 63% of the 80 countries it studied, including the Philippines where it had posted a 9.6Mbps average LTE download speed. The recoded average WiFi speed is at 7.6Mbps, while the posted overall average mobile speed is only at 6.3Mbps. OpenSignal reports that 33 countries had better LTE mobile speeds than in WiFi. "In three highly developed geographies – Hong Kong, Singapore and the USA – the mobile experience bucks the global trend and significantly underperforms compared with smartphone users’ Wifi download experience with a slower mobile experience of -38.6 Mbps, -34 Mbps and -25 Mbps respectively," it said. "Mobile operators and smartphone makers must re-evaluate their Wifi strategies, especially around mobile offload, automatic network selection, and indoor coverage, to ensure they do not accidentally push consumers’ smartphones onto a Wifi network with a worse experience than the mobile network," it said. The Philippines remains among the slowest countries in transitioning away from 3G networks, with most mobile users still relying on older devices that do not support newer voice technologies. Compared to neighboring countries, the Philippines trails behind Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand in VoLTE adoption. Read more in our articles including "OpenSignal: LTE download speeds faster than WiFi on mobile in the Philippines" and "MSI Wind WiFi Problem?".