#Smart Mobile Data Performance

In OpenSignal's latest Mobile Network Experience Report for April 2020, Smart outperformed Globe in 6 out of 7 categories, including the first-ever Games Experience category. Nonetheless, Globe has shown notable improvements across the board. Focusing solely on 4G performance, Smart almost reaches OpenSignal's very good rating at 62.4 points while Globe only manages to get a fair rating with 43.7 points. According to the results, both networks offer very poor performance, with Smart scoring 36.9 points, and Globe only slightly behind at 35.9 points. Smart Postpaid subscribers who purchase qualified boosters for their postpaid plan between May 27 and May 31 will receive 3 GB of open access data, valid for 30 days. Surprisingly, very few people are using PLDT WeRoam -- a service which has practically been supplanted by SmartBro Mobile 3G. uMobile on the other hand, though an autonomous telco is still considered a Smart/PLDT property and their free ad-supported 3G services will certainly bump up their total numbers. Smart Communications is at the forefront of a steady rise in average monthly 5G data traffic in 2023. Smart’s average quarterly 5G data traffic nearly doubled in 2023, increasing by 95% in comparison to 2022. Read more in our articles including "Smart wins OpenSignal's Games Experience category, Globe catches up in Latency Experience (April 2020)" and "Smart TNT subscribers get free Facebook data in limited-time offer".