Ookla 5G Gaming Award - Ooredoo Oman

Ookla 5G Gaming Award - Ooredoo Oman

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Ookla Speedtest Award, Verified Q3–Q4 2025

Oman's Best
5G Gaming
Experience.
Officially.

Ookla has named Ooredoo the winner of the Best 5G Gaming Experience Award in Oman for Q3–Q4 2025. Based on analysis of more than 76,000 real-world tests from 15,000+ Omani users, the results confirm that Ooredoo customers enjoy the best 5G gaming experience in Oman during the award period.

84.44 Highest Game Score
among all Oman operators
60.26ms Lowest 5G game latency
among all Oman operators
15,962 Real Omani users
who tested the network
Ookla Best 5G Gaming Experience Award Trophy
Oman, No. 1 | Q3–Q4 2025
Q3–Q4 2025

Not a marketing claim.
A measured result.

Ookla is the global authority on network performance intelligence, running over 50 billion consumer tests worldwide. This award is not self-reported. It is the output of independent analysis of real-world usage data collected across all major operators in Oman during Q3 and Q4 of 2025. The results confirm that Ooredoo customers enjoy the best 5G gaming experience in Oman during the award period.


The results confirm that Ooredoo customers enjoy the best 5G gaming experience in Oman during the award period. For gamers, for families and for anyone who depends on their home broadband, that result has practical meaning. It tells you what performance you can actually expect, not what a network wants you to believe.

Independent measurement
All tests were consumer-initiated through the Speedtest app using real devices, not lab simulations. Ookla applies proprietary data quality filters so every result reflects actual user experience, not curated conditions.
All major operators measured
To qualify, a network must hold at least 3% of total Speedtest sample share in Oman. All major operators in the country were included in the evaluation. Ooredoo achieved the highest Game Score among all of them.
Six-month award period
Awards are based on six months of aggregated data, not a single snapshot. This reduces the impact of short-term fluctuations and produces a result that reflects sustained performance over time.
Shareable with regulators and media
Ookla's methodology documentation is publicly available and may be shared with regulatory bodies, media, or other parties. There is nothing proprietary hidden in this result.

How the Game Score is calculated

Game Score is a composite metric scored out of 100. It is built from eight components across four categories, each weighted by how much it affects a real gaming experience. Latency carries the highest weight because gamers consistently report it as the most impactful variable in competitive play.

Latency (Game Ping) 50%
Jitter (Signal Consistency) 20%
Download Speed 20%
Upload Speed 10%

Latency and jitter are measured against real-world game servers rather than generic internet infrastructure. This is what makes the score directly relevant to competitive gaming performance.

84
.44 / 100

Ooredoo Game Score, highest in Oman | Q3–Q4 2025

Ooredoo's Game Score of 84.44 placed it above all other operators in Oman during Q3–Q4 2025. The score is produced through a statistically validated process using Multiple Comparisons with Best (MCB), meaning the result accounts for uncertainty in the data and Ooredoo still came out on top.


Each user contributes one result regardless of how many tests they ran, ensuring broad representation across 15,962 unique users and 76,685 total tests.

Lowest 5G game latency in Oman. The metric that matters most.

60.26ms
10th Percentile Game Latency, Oman | Q3–Q4 2025
Lowest among all operators

Latency and jitter are the milliseconds that decide whether a move lands or fails. In competitive play, timing is everything and performance has to be exact. It is the kind of reliability players depend on when every second counts.

Latency is the time it takes for your action in a game to register on a server and return a response. Ookla's independent analysis confirmed Ooredoo delivered the lowest 5G game latency among all operators measured in Oman during Q3–Q4 2025. That result comes from consumer-initiated tests on real 5G devices, measured against actual game servers, not theoretical conditions.

Game latency is measured by Ookla against real gaming server locations, selecting the lowest latency server per game title per user. It reflects how the network actually performs for popular titles, not theoretical throughput.

Latency is weighted at 50% of the total Game Score because independent gamer surveys consistently report it as the single most impactful aspect of the gaming experience.

The network has been tested, independently ranked and confirmed as the best in Oman. The connection is no longer the variable.

Built for how Oman plays

Whether you are competing in a ranked match, streaming live, downloading a title update, or four people in your household are online at the same time, the network behind the award handles all of it.

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Competitive gamers
Lower latency means your inputs register faster. Ookla's independent analysis confirmed Ooredoo delivered the lowest 5G game latency among all operators measured in Oman during the award period, giving competitive players a genuine performance foundation. The connection is no longer the variable.
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Mobile gamers on 5G
The award covers 5G mobile gaming specifically. If you play on your phone using Ooredoo's 5G network, you are on the independently verified best 5G gaming experience in Oman, confirmed by Ookla from over 76,000 real-world tests during the award period.
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Home Broadband subscribers
The same network quality that earned the gaming award underpins Ooredoo Home Broadband. Gaming in the evening, streaming during the day, video calls for work, a network proven under demanding live conditions handles the full household load.
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Families
If a network performs reliably enough for competitive esports under live tournament conditions, it handles simultaneous streaming, schoolwork, and social media without performance compromise. The award is evidence of that headroom.
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Those comparing providers
This award gives you a third-party comparison point that no network can self-generate. Ookla assessed every major operator in Oman. The result is public and the methodology is transparent. Your decision is informed, not marketed.
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Live streamers and content creators
For broadcast-quality streaming, connection consistency matters as much as speed. Ooredoo's Game Score, the highest recorded by any operator in Oman during the award period, reflects a network performing across all measured dimensions, including the stability metrics that streaming depends on.

Based on real usage at scale

The award is not based on a sample of a few hundred tests. It reflects the real usage behaviour of tens of thousands of Omani users across the second half of 2025.

76,685
Consumer-initiated
Speedtest results
15,962
Unique real users
across Oman
84.44
Ooredoo Game Score ,
highest in Oman
60.26ms
10th percentile game latency ,
lowest among all operators

Oman market analysis, Q3–Q4 2025

The following data is taken directly from Ookla's official award report for Oman, Q3–Q4 2025. All figures are independently produced by Ookla from consumer-initiated tests and Consumer QoE™ measurements.

Game Score™, All operators

Ooredoo 84.44
Omantel 82.27
Vodafone 78.88

10th Percentile Game Latency (ms), lower is better

Ooredoo 60.26ms
Omantel 71.41ms
Vodafone 77.63ms

90th Percentile Download (Mbps)

Ooredoo 655.67
Omantel 657.23
Vodafone 284.53

90th Percentile Upload (Mbps)

Ooredoo 78.01
Omantel 69.70
Vodafone 67.20

Official Ookla Award Certificate & Full Report

Download the official award certificate signed by Ookla's Chief Strategy Officer and the full market analysis report.

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Source: Ookla® Speedtest Intelligence® data, Q3–Q4 2025. Data from official Ookla award report. All figures independently produced by Ookla.

What the award confirms

With more than 50 billion consumer-initiated tests taken with Speedtest to date and over 18,000 servers distributed across the world, Ookla has an unparalleled amount of crowdsourced data and network insights to measure the performance of 5G networks. We are thrilled to recognise Ooredoo for the Best 5G Gaming Experience in Oman for Q3-Q4 2025.
Stephen Bye
President and CEO, Ookla, a division of Ziff Davis
Oman has a generation of players with genuine skill, real ambition, and deep pride in what they can do. What was missing was a network they could trust completely. The Ookla recognition confirms it is ready. This is the network built for the way our customers live, and we are only getting started.
Jaffer Khamis Al Khaboori
Acting Chief Commercial Officer, Ooredoo Oman

Not just ranked by benchmarks.
Run by players.

Through Oman's first nationwide esports championship, Ooredoo has brought together players across Muscat, Nizwa and Sohar, running live competitions on its 5G network under real-world conditions. The result is a network that is not only recognised by global benchmarks, but proven in the hands of the players who rely on it most.

"The connection is no longer the variable."

Ooredoo Oman, Best 5G Gaming Experience Award, Q3–Q4 2025

For Omani families, that means Ooredoo Home Broadband is a network that has already proven itself under the most demanding real-world conditions available, not in a test environment, but in live competition, across multiple cities, in the hands of Oman's most demanding users.

How Ookla measures gaming experience

The process is consistent, transparent, and publicly documented. Ookla's methodology may be shared with regulatory bodies and media. Here is how the award is produced.

Step 01
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Real tests from real users
Users initiate Speedtest on their own devices. Results are consumer-led, not network-controlled or conducted under lab conditions.
Step 02
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Quality filtering applied
Ookla applies proprietary data quality filters. Each user contributes one result regardless of how many tests they ran, ensuring equal weighting.
Step 03
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Gaming servers tested directly
Consumer QoE latency and jitter are measured against actual game servers for popular titles, reflecting real gameplay conditions.
Step 04
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Highest Game Score wins
Scores are combined in a weighted average. Winners are determined using Multiple Comparisons with Best, accounting for statistical uncertainty.

The same network.
In your home.

The network performance that earned the Ookla Best 5G Gaming Experience Award is the same infrastructure behind Ooredoo Home Broadband. Whether you are gaming, streaming, or simply keeping a household connected, you are on the network that holds Oman's only independently verified 5G gaming performance credential.

Award-winning latency at home
Ookla confirmed Ooredoo delivered the lowest 5G game latency among all operators measured in Oman, a result earned under the most demanding real-world conditions available. Ooredoo Home Broadband runs on that same infrastructure.
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Part of Ooredoo's commitment to Omani gaming
The Ooredoo E-Sport Cup 2026 has run live tournaments across Nizwa, Sohar, and Muscat on this network under real competitive conditions, not demonstrations.
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Handles the whole household
Gaming, video calls, streaming, and remote work happening simultaneously. A network proven at esports scale handles everyday household demands with headroom to spare.
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Based on Ookla Speedtest Intelligence data, Q3–Q4 2025.

Answers you should have

It is an independent award from Ookla, the company behind Speedtest, recognising Ooredoo as the operator with the highest Game Score among all major mobile network operators in Oman during the second half of 2025. Game Score is a composite metric combining latency, jitter, download speed, and upload speed, all measured against real-world game servers using Consumer QoE™ methodology.
No. All tests were consumer-initiated through the Speedtest app by real Oman-based users on their own devices. Ookla collected, filtered, and analysed the data independently. Ooredoo had no role in running or influencing the tests. Over 76,000 results from 15,962 real users across Oman were included.
The Best 5G Gaming Experience Award specifically covers 5G mobile network performance. However, Ooredoo Home Broadband operates on the same underlying network infrastructure. A network proven under the demanding conditions of competitive gaming handles the full range of home broadband usage with considerable headroom.
Download speed determines how fast data arrives at your device. Latency (also called ping) determines how quickly your inputs are acknowledged by a game server. In competitive play, especially in titles requiring fast reactions, a 50ms difference in latency is far more impactful than an extra 50Mbps of download speed. Ookla weights latency at 50% of the final Game Score for this reason.
Jitter is the variability in latency over time. Even if your average latency is low, high jitter means that latency fluctuates unpredictably, which causes lag spikes, stuttering, and inconsistent gameplay. Ookla includes jitter at 20% of the Game Score because consistent, stable latency is as important as low average latency.
To be included, a network must hold at least 3% of total Speedtest sample share in Oman and cannot be an MVNO. The winner must have a minimum of 100 Speedtest samples and 100 Consumer QoE samples, and there must be at least one other eligible competitor. All major operators meeting this threshold were evaluated. Ooredoo achieved the highest Game Score among all of them.
The Best 5G Gaming Experience Award, Q3–Q4 2025 is based on data collected between July and December 2025. It reflects how Ooredoo performed against every other major operator in Oman during that specific six-month window. Ookla issues awards per period precisely to give consumers a reliable, time-bounded result rather than a single-day snapshot. The award does not expire as a statement of fact. It confirms what was independently measured and cannot be revised by any operator.
Ookla publishes its Gaming Experience Awards methodology document publicly. It covers data collection, filtering, scoring functions, component weights, and statistical evaluation criteria. The document may be shared with regulatory bodies, media, or other interested parties. Contact Ooredoo's communications team for a copy or refer to Ookla's official site at ookla.com.
Yes. The gaming experience test is one of the most demanding real-world stress tests any network can face. It requires low latency, stable signal consistency, and reliable performance under concurrent load. A network that performs at the top of that test handles everyday household demands, simultaneous streaming, video calls, remote work, and general browsing, with significant headroom. Ooredoo Home Broadband runs on the same infrastructure that earned this result. For Omani families, the award is independent evidence that the network has already proven itself under conditions far more demanding than typical home use.
The 15,962 users who contributed results are Omani consumers running Speedtest on their own devices across the country, not a controlled sample from select locations. Ookla uses that nationwide data set to produce a country-level result that represents the performance Ooredoo delivers across Oman as a whole. Additionally, Ooredoo ran the Esports Cup 2026 across Nizwa, Sohar, and Muscat, running live competitions on the same network in multiple regions, which provides further real-world validation beyond the Ookla data.
The award period covers July through December 2025, the six months Ookla used to collect and evaluate performance data across all major operators in Oman. The result reflects sustained network performance across that full window, not a single test or snapshot moment. The award does not automatically extend beyond that period, which is why Ooredoo is making this information available now while the recognition is live. The network that earned this result is the same network operating today, and Ooredoo has continued demonstrating its performance in real conditions through the Ooredoo E-Sport Cup 2026, with live competitive gaming events running on the same 5G infrastructure across Nizwa, Sohar and Muscat.
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