5G experience from AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon: umlaut report

A report from umlaut shows the 5G experience offered by leading telecoms such as AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon.
US 5G experience report
T-Mobile US has the most reliable 5G network, most 5G coverage, and highest active 5G download and upload speeds.

umlaut examined 3 billion samples from nearly 600,000 5G smartphone users – recorded in the places people live, work and play – between November 22, 2021 to May 8, 2022.

Key Findings

# Verizon achieves highest 5G Latency Score
# T-Mobile achieves the highest 5G Reliability Score
# T-Mobile achieves the highest 5G Score
# T-Mobile achieves highest 5G Coverage Score
# Verizon achieves the highest score in the passive download speed
# T-Mobile leads in the active download and upload speed

“Our 5G network is delivering a level of performance, coverage and reliability that our competitors just can’t match. That experience will only improve for customers as we accelerate the build of this amazing network,” Neville Ray, President of Technology at T-Mobile, said in a news statement.

Leading research firms like Ookla, Opensignal, and others have made T-Mobile America’s most awarded 5G network, giving it the 5G crown in speed, coverage, and/or reliability across more than 20 network reports.

T-Mobile is the leader in 5G and its network is only getting better. T-Mobile’s Extended Range 5G covers 315 million people across 1.8 million square miles. 225 million people are covered with super-fast Ultra Capacity 5G, and T-Mobile expects to cover 260 million in 2022 and 300 million next year.

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