SE Asia - Key findings

Chapter 1 Key findings	Chapter 4 Data usage
Chapter 2 Consistent quality	Chapter 5 Coverage
Chapter 3 Download speeds

Key findings

Malaysia has the best consistent quality of any country, and Maxis’s score of 69% is the best of any operator in the region.
Malaysians are also the heaviest users of mobile data -- 66% of all smartphone data traffic went over a mobile connection, compared to just 23% in the Philippines.
Telkomsel in Indonesia has been investing heavily in 4G infrastructure, and the results are apparent -- its users had the best coverage, download speeds, and consistent quality in the country.

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.

Southeast Asia

Key findings

Methodology