Rogers has once again been ranked as having Canada’s best and most reliable 5G+ network by Umlaut.
Umlaut, which is owned by consulting company Accenture, awarded Rogers the ‘Best in Test’ wireless benchmark award for the eighth straight year. Further, the carrier scored top performance in voice, data, and reliability. Umlaut released two reports, a Mobile Certificate and an Audit Report, detailing its testing and Rogers’ performance.
In the Mobile Certificate, Umlaut says it used a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra for “drive route” testing of the performance of voice and data services on 5G and LTE networks. Umlaut performed the testing between May 14, 2025 and March 3, 2026, in cities, towns, and on “connection roads.” Finally, Umlaut included crowdsourced performance data gathered over 24 weeks between the end of 2025 and early 2026.
Umlaut’s drive route testing covered nearly 61 per cent of the population and measured several major cities and towns across the country, while the crowdsource data accounts for a little over 99 per cent of the population and about 96.5 per cent of the “built-up area.”
Based on the data gathered, Umlaut scored Rogers, Bell, and Telus. Max score is 1,000 points, split between 250 points based on crowdsource data, 270 points based on voice tests, and 480 points based on data tests. Each segment has further breakdowns, with voice and data points split between cities (max of 162 points), towns (max 54 points), and roads (max 54 points). Crowdsourced data, on the other hand, has significantly more categories, including broadband coverage (100 points), download and upload speed (19 points each), latency (50 points), voice (10 points), and more.
Rogers scored 898 total points out of the possible 1,000, including 221 points from crowdsourced data, 250 points from voice tests, and 427 points from data. Bell, meanwhile, scored 865 total from 226 crowd points, 236 voice points, and 403 data points. Finally, Telus scored 847 total from 227 crowd points, 230 voice points, and 390 data points.
Interestingly, when you look at the breakdown of the individual tests, Rogers consistently outperformed Bell and Telus in Umlaut’s voice and data tests, but the crowdsource data shows Bell and Telus consistently matched or beat Rogers in most categories.
We see a similar pattern with the Reliability score. Out of 600 total points, Rogers scored 548 across 261 points for data, 147 points for voice, and 140 points for crowdsourced user experience data. Bell came second with 521 points from 243 data points, 138 voice points, and 140 crowdsource points. Finally, Telus scored 511 from 234 data points, 137 voice points, and crowdsource points.
Moving along to the Audit Report, it focuses specifically on 5G+, but offers only a nationwide score and a reliability score derived from 47 measurements performed with a Galaxy S25 Ultra between March 3 and May 14, 2026. For nationwide 5G+, Rogers scored 964 out of 1,000 total points, followed by Bell at 945 and Telus at 935. For 5G+ reliability, Rogers scored 593 out of 600 points, followed by Bell at 583 and Telus at 579. Umlaut didn’t share a detailed breakdown of the scoring, noting only that it comes from its testing methodology.
Perhaps the most interesting part of the Audit Report is that it says Rogers commissioned the report. It’s not the first time, either — Rogers previously commissioned Umlaut’s 2021 report, though it remains unclear if the company commissioned other reports from Umlaut. Regardless, Umlaut has named Rogers’ network as the best for eight years in a row.
Meanwhile, other testing organizations have found different results. Ookla, the company behind the popular Speedtest app, has repeatedly named Bell as having the fastest mobile network, though it has also noted Rogers has the most 5G availability and best video experience.
Meanwhile, independent mobile analytics company Opensignal reported this year that Rogers, Bell, and Telus offer nearly identical network performance, describing it as a “statistical dead heat.” Notably, Opensignal also found that Rogers had the best 5G video experience and most 5G availability, though Bell and Telus both offered faster 5G speeds.
