Arcep and the Qosbee app, partners in monitoring mobile operators' QoS
Launch date:17 January 2018
Modified at:28 October 2022
Language(s): English , French
Last September, Arcep published its latest mobile coverage maps on the Monreseaumobile.fr website, and released the data it used as open data. At the same time, it called upon players to appropriate these data and create comparators. A call to which start-up Qosi has been the first to respond, with its Qosbee application. By mid-2018, data on mobile coverage for voice and SMS services will be incorporated into the Qosbee comparator, which will give users the ability to determine the best mobile operator for them, according to their various locations (home, work, vacation, etc.). Initially, the comparator will continue to use Arcep data on mobile quality of service (QoS). In keeping with the spirit of crowdsourcing, Qosi will also share with Arcep, at no charge, the data it has obtained using its crowdsourcing applications and its own field surveys, to provide the regulator with an increasingly detailed snapshot of the market. By informing consumers about the quality of mobile networks, this process contributes to Arcep's data-driven regulation endeavour, turning users into mini-regulators, and tapping into the power of crowdsourcing to encourage operators to invest in their infrastructures. Arcep encourages other players to make use of its open data, and to turn them into something valuable for end users.