Mobile provider EE has come out top in a comprehensive study of the UK’s mobile networks by measurement firm RootMetrics.

In the study, which involved 840,000 checks, ranked operators by overall performance, call performance, mobile internet, text, network reliability and network speed.

EE received 84.6 points out of 100, dominating the survey for speed, with Three scoring 73.5, O2 66.5 and Vodafone 52.4.

Average speeds for networks were not given because they ranged so vastly from area to area, RootMetrics said.

Neither did the study offer details about network coverage and mobile hotspots, although consumers can look at individual network performance at street level via its coverage map.