Netherlands

The 2023 mobile network test in the Netherlands

For the eighth time, together with connect magazine we have conducted our benchmark of the mobile networks in the Netherlands.

Results

Single Review

KPN
KPN is the winner of our Mobile Benchmark in the Netherlands. It deservedly achieves the grade “outstanding“, scored highest in the Data and Crowdsourcing categories and also with the best Reliability result. In our separate examplary view on 5G, KPN shows particularly high data rates and a high share of samples with 5G.

T-Mobile
T- Mobile ranks second with the overall grade “outstanding”. In the Voice category, the operator is co-leading with KPN, in the Data and Reliability assessments, T-Mobile shows the second strongest results in our assessment. In our examplary view on 5G, T-Mobile show a particularly high share of 5G samples on the Dutch roads as well as a good 5G penetration in the Drivetests performed within the big cities.

Vodafone
Vodafone ranks on a strong third place, also achieving the overall grade “outstanding”. With a plus of 25 points over the total score of the previous year’s test, Vodafone managed to improve most of all three tested Dutch providers. The operator ranks second in the Crowdsourcing discipline and is leading in the crowdsourced HD Voice availabilty. In our examplary view on 5G, Vodafone predominantly uses Dynamic Spectrum Sharing (DSS) with LTE.

The 2023 Fixed-Line network test in the Netherlands

For the second time, umlaut, part of Accenture, and connect take a closer look at the performance of the fixed-line networks in the Netherlands.

Results

Single Review

KPN
is the winner of our comparison, achieving the grade “very good”. The second largest fixed-line operator in the Netherlands wins due to showing convincing results in all of the assessment categories with a particularly strong result in the Latency category. In the actively performed upload measurements, KPN shares the discipline lead with T-Mobile. In the passive capturing of download data rates, KPN scores closely behind Ziggo, and on a par with T-Mobile.

Ziggo
Ziggo ranks second with the overall grade “very good”. The largest fixed-line operator in the country achieves this result with the best scores in the actively as well as the passively collected Download Speeds and the passively collected Upload Speeds. Furthermore, Ziggo shows a strong performance in all of our other assessment categories. In the passively observed Uploads Speeds, Ziggo ranks closely behind KPN and T-Mobile, who score on a par in this discipline.

T-Mobile
T-Mobile takes third place, also with the overall grade “very good”. The Netherland‘s smallest fixed-line operator scores strongly together with winner KPN in the actively determined Upload Speeds. Also, T-Mobile shows very good results in most of our other assessment categories. In the passively observed Download Speeds, T-Mobile follows closely behind Ziggo and on a par with overall winner KPN.

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