Philippines, October 2025, Mobile Network Experience
This report looks at the Philippines, focusing on the latest mobile experience results as of October 2025.
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2026
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Globe and Smart’s networks withstand daily surges in demand
Our users in the Philippines observe their best experience in terms of 4G download speeds, latency and video streaming in the early hours of the morning, but both Smart and Globe have engineered their networks to the point that our users can rely on mobile connections even during the busiest times of the day for most tasks.
Philippines, November 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Smart widens the gap on 4G Availability, but both operators’ scores have increased for this measure of the mobile experience.
The mobile network experience across five regions in the Philippines has greatly improved since Q4 2018
Opensignal has investigated the mobile network experience of its users across five regions (Mindanao, the National Capital Region — NCR, North & Central Luzon, South Luzon and the Visayas).
Video Experience in the Philippines has improved by nearly 30% since Q3 2018
The Video Experience and Latency Experience observed by our users in the Philippines improved by 29.5% and 19.6%, respectively, between Q3 2018 and Q1 2020.
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2020
For the very first time Opensignal is providing a comprehensive comparison of mobile network experience globally at the operator-level across five key measures of mobile network experience.
The Philippines has seen impressive improvements in download speeds and 4G Availability over the past two years
Our users in the Philippines have seen their average download speeds and 4G Availability increase by 80.9% and 19.5 percentage points, respectively, between Q4 2017 and Q2 2020.
Mobile networks in the Philippines are more resilient in urban areas than in rural during the crisis
As operators in the Philippines reported a dramatic surge in data consumption, we found that the quality of the video streaming experience over 4G connections was resilient.

