Methodology

To determine Speedtest Awards winners for mobile networks, we use results from “modern devices” to

aid in the analysis of a mobile user’s average speeds. "Modern Devices" results include all mobile tests,

regardless of connection technology used, as long as they were taken on devices that are identified as

being capable of achieving the fastest speeds available in a country. Each top carrier accounts for at

least 3% of the sample size in the geographic area.

Awards Report

SAUDI ARABIA’SFASTESTMOBILE

NETWORK

STC

Mobily

Zain

Mobile Tests Taken Q2-Q3 2017

11.39

9.62

8.86

10.09

3.22

6.30

Carrier NameDownload

MbpsUpload

Mbps

61

59

65

LatencyMS

1,836,682

634,986

531,396

TestCount

1,061,242

372,235

303,605

SampleCount

STC

Mobily

Zain

(Average speeds for LTE-capable devices)

Saudi Arabia’s Fastest Mobile Network(Average speeds for LTE-capable devices)

Mbps

STC

Zain

Mobily

UploadDownload

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

11.39

10.09

6.30

3.22

8.86

9.62

Saudi Arabia’s Mobile Internet Speeds

04-17 05-17 06-17 07-17 08-17 09-17

9.26

Download Upload

DATE

Country Stats

TEST COUNT:

SAMPLE COUNT:

DEVICE COUNT:

3,148,473

1,811,240

502,864

10

12

6

8

8.00

(Average speeds for all mobile results)

Mbps

STC

Mobily

Zain

10.62

9.12

8.08

6.52

6.89

4.77

28.95

21.65

22.00

0.51

1.05

0.76

7.23

2.31

4.49

24.82

7.17

15.08

0.56

0.47

0.66

9.96

3.06

6.18

Carrier Name 90th

Percentile50th

Percentile10th

Percentile

UploadTrimean

DownloadTrimean

90th

Percentile50th

Percentile10th

Percentile

Percentiles are Mbps

How Speed Score Works

The Speedtest Awards for top providers in speed are determined using a Speed Score that

incorporates a measure of each provider’s download and upload speed to rank network speed

performance (90% of the final Speed Score is attributed to download speed and the remaining 10%

to upload speed). The Speed Score uses a modified trimean to demonstrate the download and

upload speeds that are available across a provider’s network. We take speeds from the 10th

percentile, 50th percentile (also known as the median), and 90th percentile, and combine them in a

weighted average using a 1:2:1 ratio, respectively. We place the most emphasis on the download

speeds and median speeds as those represent what most network providers’ customers will

experience on a day-to-day basis.

STC

Mobily

Zain

10.62

9.12

8.08

9.96

3.06

6.18

Carrier NameDownload

TrimeanUpload

Trimean SPEED SCORE

Speed Score

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

10.55

8.51

7.89

STC Q2-Q3 Performance

Ookla compared user-initiated tests taken on the Speedtest iOS and Android mobile apps from all

the major mobile carriers in Saudi Arabia over the award period to determine who was the fastest.

Based on our data from Q2-Q3 2017, STC achieved a Speed Score of 10.55 providing faster average

speeds to their users than the other major providers in Saudi Arabia with average download speeds

of 11.39 Mbps and average upload speeds of 10.09 Mbps on LTE-capable devices.

Our Q2-Q3 2017 results are in for Saudi Arabia and we have called STC as the winner of the Speedtest Award for fastest mobile network speeds.

Saudi Arabia