Metrico Wireless - Library - Insight Reports

	LTE: The Subscriber Experience - Year One December 19, 2011 In December 2010, Verizon Wireless launched its LTE network in the United States, and introduced the first smartphone for that network the following March. AT&T announced availability of its own LTE network and smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2011. With the top two national carriers offering equivalent fourth-generation devices and services, Metrico took advantage of this opportunity to evaluate the subscriber experience in the early stages.
	iPhone 4S: The Ultimate Performance Report (U.S. Edition) November 18, 2011 In October 2011, the iPhone 4S launched on AT&T, Sprint and Verizon Wireless. Metrico immediately began measuring performance of these devices on key criteria including: call performance (making and holding calls) voice quality (handset, speaker, Bluetooth, in noise) data performance (HTTP download, HTTP upload) web browsing (page load time, page load reliability) video performance (frame delivery rate, freeze, impairment, audio). For this analysis, Metrico performed over 21,000 web page downloads, ran more than 8,000 data download/upload tests while stationary and while mobile, and generated approximately 6,000 voice calls, using the company’s global measurement system platform.
	4G Smartphones: How Does The First Wave Measure Up? March 22, 2011 In 2011, all national U.S. operators announced 4G offerings, based on HSPA+, LTE or WiMAX. All smartphones advertised as 4G-capable during the evaluation period were procured via consumer channels and subjected to thousands of live network tests across f
	iPhone vs. iPhone: Illuminating the Debate with Data - Not Opinion March 7, 2011 Once the iPhone became available on multiple carriers in the same markets, comparisons were published almost immediately. In this special report, Metrico measured data download speed, Web browsing, call performance and voice quality on both live and simu