The latest Quality of Service study (QoS) released by the telecom regulator ranks Airtel as the leading data speed provider with slightly above 14 megabits per second (Mbps).
According to the Uganda Communications Commission, the QoS was carried out to determine telecom performance is blocked call rates, success and dropped call rates as well as data speeds described as throughput.
Data throughput put simply means speed.
The report released last week indicates that the telecoms registered the highest speeds in rural areas while the urban and peri-urban have slower speeds.
Speed in different areas
The Airtel network, the QoS shows, was the quickest in nearly every jurisdiction.
For instance, whereas Airtel in Soroti, Mityana, Kitgum, and Moroto had an average speed of 14mbps, MTN was slightly above 4mbps in Soroti, below 2mbps in Kitgum, around 3mbps in Mityana and 4mbps in Moroto.