They reveal where the best connections are on Latin American mobile networks for making video calls

According to a report by the consulting firm OpenSignal called “The State of Group Video Calling Experiences in North America and Latin America ”(The State of the Group Video Calling Experience – North America and Latin America), the Argentina is the country with the best connection in America in this sense. They follow Uruguay, Canada and United States.

Due to the performance of mobile networks, Argentina ranks first, being the country with the best connection for making video calls to many people. Openignal’s group video calling experience measures the proportion of video conferences in which all users had at least one better or adequate experience.

This means that it measured the group video calling experience if all users on that connection, and not just a small number of users, had sufficient (or better) video and audio quality. In this regard, you take into account that a bad experience for one or more users will affect all users during a video call on a mobile network. The quality of mobile networks places Argentina on the podium.

The consulting firm measured 19 countries and territories in its first analysis of the experience of group video calls in North America and Latin America. Each operator’s group video call experience was measured on a scale of 0 to 100.

Argentina and Uruguay are almost in the same position, with (almost) statistical equality for leadership in the Americas, with scores of 76.9 and 75.6 respectively.

Meanwhile, Canada scored 75.1 and is the leader in North America. The United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico are also in the top 5. In contrast, Peru and Honduras are the worst performing countries in this type of communication, with 40.8 and 36.7 points out of 100.

To calculate the group video calling experience, they considered a variety of scenarios ranging from the typical number of participants shown in a smartphone video call (two, four, and eight participants) to the representation of the mobile video conferencing experience. in the real world.

Fixed Internet access

According to the latest study by the Argentine Internet Chamber (Cabase), 32% of households in Argentina today do not have fixed Internet connectivity. This means that many users are dependent on their mobile connection or using Wi-Fi in public areas, for example.

During the fourth quarter of 2020, Argentina recorded an increase in the total number of fixed Internet accesses, which represented an annual variation of 8.9%, which implies a penetration of 68% per 100 households. Over the past 5 years, there has been, on average, an annual increase of 2.8%, which is far from an accelerated increase, if not slow.

While the city of Buenos Aires has more connections than homes (108%) and national penetration reaches 68%, there are still nine provinces below 50% penetration. After CABA, the provinces with the highest penetration are: La Pampa (82%), San Luis (82%), Córdoba (78%), Tierra del Fuego (76%), Santa Fe (74%), Buenos Aires (69%), Chubut (68%), Neuquén (67%), Río Negro (61%), Entre Ríos (59%), Tucumán (55%), Salta (54%), Jujuy (53%) and La La Rioja (50%).

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