Dubai: Would you like to know who provides the best telecom network in your area? Download the ‘Qosbee’ app and you can find out in real time which telecom provider offers the best service in your area.
Qosbee, an Indo-French joint venture, choose Dubai to launch the app, saying the emirate’s expat population makes it an ideal spot.
Karthik Raja, founder and CEO of Indian company PhiMetrics, told Gulf News that the app shows upload, download, internet navigation, VoIP and YouTube streaming speeds.
“The best network is not related to downlink speeds and it depends on what a user wants to use. It is free to consumers and users can save addresses of different locations locally and globally and switch between operators when needed. Users can now create addresses from different countries,” he said.
Despite it being launched in Dubai, the app is targeted at markets that allows users to buy wireless service à la carte from mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs), which have yet to gain traction in the region.
The app can only be used in the UAE is you have a dual-SIM phone with both an Etisalat and Du card installed.
Both of the firms behind Qosbee are leaders in telecom analytics in their respective countries. The companies gather data anonymously about the mobile networks from users’ mobile phones and store it in a database.
“Apart from this, we run the tests physically with the equipment where consumer data is not available. We walk on the roads, buildings, buses and metros to save data,” Fabien Renaudineau, CEO of French company QoSi.
“We believe that we have the potential to contribute to the UAE’s Nation Innovation Strategy and Dubai’s agenda to be the world’s leading smart city by 2021. Dubai’s innovation and free-market ecosystem are one of the most exciting in the world as it benefits from excellent government support that encourages a dynamic culture for creative thinking and ‘customer first’ solutions,” he said.
The app is available in more than 22 countries, starting with the UAE.
Renaudineau said the apps allows subscribers to shift networks based purely on performance and delivery of their telecom operators without commercial implications.
“We are putting control and choice into the hands of the consumers rather than the telecom operators to choose the network efficiency,” he said.
