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LTE-M & NB-IoT measurements in Australia umlaut report umlaut report

Foreword

umlaut has tested the quality of the Mobile Networks in the Australian The company is headquartered in market and took a detailed look into Aachen, Germany and is a world the LTE-M & NB-IoT scanner mea- leader in mobile network testing and surements of the operators offering benchmarking. these services.

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Report facts Testing Area

48,000 km States measured driven km Australian Capital Territory Victoria Northern Territory W43 2019 Western Australia to W48 2019 South Australia Data collection Queensland time period Tasmania

The map shows the total driving area for Australia. The routes were independently selected by umlaut.

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Overall coverage comparison per region

NB-IoT and LTE-M technologies overall NB-IoT coverage comparison LTE-M coverage comparison coverage comparison per region per region per region

Telstra Vodafone Telstra Vodafone Telstra Vodafone

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The observation period was between CW43 2019 and CW48 2019.

Telstra shows a higher NB-IoT coverage than Vodafone in [%] [%] [%] all eight Australian regions.

Telstra is the only operator to deploy LTE-M technology in Australia showing high signal network coverage country wide.

0 0 0 South South South Overall Overall Overall Victoria Victoria Victoria Western Western Western Territory Territory Territory Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Northern Northern Northern Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania New South New South New South Queensland Queensland Queensland Wales & ACT Wales & ACT Wales & ACT

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Signal coverage level and quality comparison per region (total)

Telstra shows higher average values for NB-IoT signal Telstra shows an average of -10,4 dB for NB-IoT signal Telstra shows an average of -15,5 dB for LTE-M signal net- network coverage (NRSRP) than Vodafone in 6 out of 8 network quality (NRSRQ) and is slightly worse (~1dB) than work quality (RSRQ) in all Australian regions. Australian regions. Vodafone in majority of Australian regions.

Average NRSRP values per region in total - Average RSRP values per region in total - Average NRSRQ values per region in total - Average RSRQ values per region in total - NB-IoT technology LTE-M technology NB-IoT technology LTE-M technology

Telstra Vodafone Telstra Vodafone Telstra Vodafone Telstra Vodafone

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-100 -100 -10 -10 [dBm] [dBm] [dB] [dB]

-140 -140 -20 -20 South South South South Overall Overall Overall Victoria Victoria Overall Victoria Victoria Western Territory Western Western Territory Territory Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Australia Northern Northern Northern Western Territory Australia Australia Tasmania Northern Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania New South New South New South New South Queensland Queensland Queensland Queensland Wales & ACT Wales & ACT Wales & ACT Wales & ACT

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Key takeaways

Telstra and Vodafone deployed Vodafone is showing slightly NB-IoT technology in Australia better average signal network quality when compared with Telstra NB-IoT network has Telstra NB-IoT network inside more than 30% larger coverage their respective coverage foot- area and higher average signal prints. network coverage level Telstra is the only operator to deploy LTE-M technology in Australia

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