NIWBQR on RF Coverage and Quality March 2017

The National Independent Wireless Broadband Quality Report (NIWBQR) provides independent

national broadband quality of experience in mobile wireless communication services in Nigeria.

Using its proprietary methods to rank service providers according to the quality of wireless

broadband service experienced in their networks.

The current report shows a ranking of quality based on RF coverage (RSRP) and quality (SNR)

only for Lagos Island cluster. The data was collected on 22nd of January, 2017 comparing the

services of five major LTE service providers in the same area in Lagos Island. The companies

included in the report are:

❖ Globalcom

❖ MTN

❖ E-stream

❖ Ntel

❖ Smile.

Test period: About 01:27 PM to 7:41 PM on 22/1/201

Ranking

Rank Company Comments

1st Globalcom

2nd E-stream

3rd Ntel Areas of very poor SNR

4th MTN WCDMA in some areas

5th Smile Areas of very poor SNR

Key Performance Indicator

KPI Globacom Mtn Ntel Smile Estream

RSRP (dBm) Min -102.99 -123.636 -129.346 -118.468 -129.08

Max -53.615 -59.134 -51.678 -65.799 -67.58

Mean -71.971 -80.79 -75.17 -80.211 -83.554

SNR (dB) Min -13.664 -13.487 -18.573 -10.927 -9.794

Max 30 30 30 30 30

Mean 17.729 19.904 15.851 18.93 19.969

-84

-82

-80

-78

-76

-74

-72

-70

-68

-66

-71.971

-75.17

-80.211-80.79

-83.554

Mean RSRP (dBm)

Glo ntel Smile Mtn Estream

Globacom

RSRP Plot

SNR Plot

ntel

RSRP Plot

SNR Plot

MTN

RSRP Plot

SNR Plot

Smile

RSRP Plot

SNR Plot

Estream

RSRP Plot

SNR Plot