STATEMENT: Movistar leads for the first time the Mobile Benchmark Spain 2023 of connect

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STATEMENT: Movistar leads for the first time the Mobile Benchmark Spain 2023 of connect

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Germany, February 27, 2023.

Orange and Vodafone follow closely in a very tight contest, while Yoigo reaches fourth place and the largest increase compared to the previous year

The international telecommunications medium connect has analyzed the performance of mobile networks in Spain and places Movistar in first place, followed by Orange, Vodafone and Yoigo. The benchmark measures peak voice and data performance through a series of tests while driving and on foot. The analyzes have been directed by the international specialist in infrastructures and comparisons umlaut, which is part of Accenture. Movistar has been crowned 'Best in Test', with a score of 875 out of 1,000 points and with the overall rating of 'very good' . The operator leads the collaborative quality and data services category. Orange achieves a score of 871 points, just four points below the winner, and also with an overall score of 'very good'. The operator heads the Voice and reliability services category. Vodafone achieved 868 points and also an overall score of 'very good'. The operator gets the best score in the driving tests in voice quality and data upload. Vodafone also wins in HD voice quality. Yoigo achieves 813 points and an overall score of 'good'. The operator improves its result by 59 points from last year, the largest increase of all the operators. Hannes Ruegheimer, editor of connect magazine, indicates: "Movistar wins the comparison for the first time this year, Orange and Vodafone obtain results 'very good' and Yoigo improves its score considerably. This is good news for those who use mobile communication in Spain."The tests while driving and on foot were carried out in January and February 2023 in urban centers, in outer metropolitan areas, in suburban areas, in small towns and cities located along the highway. Four test cars traveled through 20 cities and 23 towns, covering a total of 13,040 kilometres. The selected areas covered around 12.3 million people, approximately 26% of the population of Spain. The analyzes of collaborating sources are based on 2,054,000,000 samples from 769,991 users collected from the end of August 2022 to the beginning of February 2023, which represents approximately 98% of the built-up area in Spain and statistically represents 99.5%. of the Spanish population. The results of all three tests were extensively weighted to achieve a realistic and conclusive comparison of the potential and performance of each network. Connect's independent mobile network tests, led by umlaut, provide a fair, transparent, and unbiased evaluation and Comparison of network functions both for consumers and for the management and boards of mobile network operators. This analysis was first carried out in Germany more than 20 years ago and has since been extended to Austria, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. In fact, it has become a benchmark in the sector for determining the quality of networks from the customer's point of view.

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