Open signal calls Bell, Telus 'Global Manager' in the download speed

Telus and Bell were classified as “global managers” in downloading the mobile network of an independent analyst open signal of the mobile phone network.

The sixth global mobile network experience of open signal includes the analysis of several network providers worldwide from July 1 to December 27, 2024.

For the first time, open signal included a reliability experience that measures users' ability to combine basic tasks via the network of an operator and to successfully complete them. Rogers was the only Canadian provider to be rated for this metric, although it didn't work well enough to win an award.

Overall, the report contains a mixture of speed-based measurements such as download and upload speed as well as experimental metrics from open signal that focus on things such as video quality and games.

The Canadian providers were grouped with our providers who serve large areas of land, which serves open signal as the land area of ​​over 200,000 square meters. km. This includes providers in Japan, the USA, India, Norway, Finland and Australia.

The American carrier T-Mobile took the top position for the download speed, which calls “Global Winner” from 2025. Bell and Telus were both committed to the download speed as global managers, even though they took the 10th or 11th place in the 20 top 20 long area providers.

T-Mobile led the download speed diagram with an impressive average download speed of 152.5 Mbit / s. Only another provider of a large land area published average download speeds over 100 Mbit / s Norway's telenor. Telus came in with 73.3 Mbit / s and Bell stayed slightly with 73 Mbit / s.

Although Bell and Telus won awards for download speed, the Canadian providers fought to break in other categories. No Canadian provider received awards for other metrics such as umbrella speed, reliability or experience categories such as video, games and voice. However, Rogers managed to penetrate the top 20 for reliability and video experience into the top 20, but not high enough to win awards.

The Norway's telenor took first place in the average upload speed with 19.3 Mbit / s. T-Mobile was the only North American provider who placed a score of 14 Mbit / s into the top 20 for upload speeds.

In the video experience, Rogers achieved 69.6 out of 100 for video experiences and landed in 18th place among other long -distance providers.

No Canadian providers that were placed in the top 20 for games or language experiences. However, Rogers also made it into the top 20 for reliability. Again, the company does not have high enough to win an award, but it took 17th place with a reliability of 898 on a scale of 100-1,000.

Overall, it is very interesting to see how Canadian mobile operators are stacked on the global stage. Canadian telecommunications companies like to claim that they have world-class networks, but increasingly indicate data from companies such as open signal that Canadian wireless networks remain.

The full report is available on the open signal website.