Oftel ranks best mobile networks

OFTEL, the telecoms watchdog, yesterday published the results of a survey into the efficiency of mobile phone networks in an attempt to force mobile phone operators to agree common performance standards.

The survey showed that Orange was the most reliable network with a call success rate of 95 per cent, while Vodafone and Cellnet registered just above 90 per cent and One-2-One just below 90 per cent. Cellnet challenged the results of the survey, arguing that data should have been collected over a longer period.