The Nordics - Key findings

Chapter 1 Key findings	Chapter 4 Data usage
Chapter 2 Coverage	Chapter 5 Consistent quality
Chapter 3 Spectrum utilization

Key findings

Finns love their unlimited data plans. On average, over 63% of mobile data usage in Finland is delivered via a 4G or 3G connection, with just 37% on WiFi. It is the opposite story in Norway, where only 16% of mobile data usage is over a cellular connection and 84% on WiFi, most likely due to relatively high mobile data costs.
ICE Norway delivered the highest levels of Consistent Quality in our testing across all operators in the Nordics, delivering a high quality cellular connection capable of delivering HD video calls more than 90% of the time.
Sweden sees more data traffic over high-band spectrum than other Nordic countries with 37.9% of data being transferred over mostly 2.6Ghz frequencies. Interestingly, Telia, despite higher data volumes on mid-band spectrum, delivered higher consistent quality scores in our tests than the other providers in Sweden.

Methodology

Tutela measures network quality based on the real-world performance of users in the field. Results in this report are based on a testing configuration to represent typical (not maximum) performance of users. We used a 2 MB file to perform our download testing and a 1 MB file to perform our upload testing. Tutela employs software installed on more than 3,000 partner apps to complete frequent, lightweight tests of around 2 MB.

Our results differ from other network testing companies which measure the peak performance of networks under ideal conditions (such as downloading a 500MB file).

In total, Tutela’s software operates on over 250 million Android and iPhone devices globally, collecting over 10 billion mobile data measurements every day. Our data scientists analyze results for each country every month, and our analytics platform, Tutela Explorer, lets operators chart, map, and filter over 80 key performance indicators into customized dashboards to help them better understand industry performance and benchmark against competitors.

Comparing mobile experience across the Nordics

Key findings

Methodology