Smartphonecities2016AnnexMobilebroadbandperformanceinLondonResearchAnnexPublicationdate:June20161AboutthisdocumentThisdocumentoutlinestheresultsofOfcom’sresearchintotheperformanceoftheretailnetworksoftheUK’sfournationalmobilenetworkoperators:EE,O2,ThreeandVodafoneincentralLondonoverfivedaysinMarch2016.ThisisasupplementarycasestudytoOfcom’sSmartphoneCitiesreportpublishedinMarch20161.ThepurposeofthetestingwastocomparethemobilebroadbandperformanceoneachnetworkonCategory4andCategory6(newer)typehandsets.Thisisbecauseitispossiblethatthetechnologicalupdatesfeaturedonnewerhandsets(Category6andabove),aswellasthecapabilitytopickupcarrieraggregationtechnology2,cancontributetoanenhancedmobilebroadbandperformanceexperiencedbyconsumers.Thisreportpresentsresultsfor:downloadspeeds,webbrowsingtimes,uploadspeeds,YouTubestreaming