Apr 17, 2025 12:18:00
The Osaka Kansai Expo has been in the spotlight due to the poor mobile phone connection on the first day of the event. Since then, there have been reports that efforts have been made to improve the communication environment, so we decided to test the communication speeds at the venue.
EXPO 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo Official Website
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/
I visited the Osaka Kansai Expo site on Thursday, April 17, 2025. This is the large staircase at the exit of Yumeshima Station.
This time, we prepared an iPhone 16 with an ahamo (Docomo line) SIM card inserted and an iPhone 16 with a povo (au line) SIM card inserted.
First, we measured the communication speed at the East Entrance Plaza, located just before the entrance to the East Gate.
At the East Gate, on April 13, 2025, the first day of the Expo’s opening, mobile phone communications became difficult to connect, and problems such as delays in presenting admission tickets occurred. Since then, the Expo Association has requested cooperation from mobile phone carriers.
Mobile communication situation at the East Gate | EXPO 2025 Osaka Kansai Expo Official Website
https://www.expo2025.or.jp/news/news-20250413-03/
Mobile base stations of mobile phone carriers were deployed around the East Gate.
Rakuten Mobile.
au.
There are also mobile base stations for SoftBank and DoCoMo.
So, we moved to the East Gate.
I accessed the communication speed measurement site ‘
Fast.com ‘ and measured the communication speed three times. The results for ahamo (Docomo line) are as follows.
download Upload 1st time 600Mbps 41Mbps Second time 650Mbps 42Mbps 3rd Time 450Mbps 37Mbps
The results for povo (au line) are as follows.
download Upload 1st time 260Mbps 51Mbps Second time 330Mbps 35Mbps 3rd Time 190Mbps 36Mbps
Enter the venue through the East Gate and move to the area near the pop-up stage.
There is a large statue of Myakumyaku here, which is a popular photo spot.
The communication speeds of ahamo (Docomo line) are as follows.
download Upload 1st time 700Mbps 25Mbps Second time 800Mbps 27Mbps 3rd Time 880Mbps 35Mbps
It looks like this with povo (au line).
download Upload 1st time 220Mbps 31Mbps Second time 490Mbps 38Mbps 3rd Time 470Mbps 40Mbps
We moved to the Silent Forest in the center of the venue.
There were relatively few people in the Silent Forest.
The speeds of ahamo (Docomo line) are as follows. Download speeds of over 1Gbps were recorded.
download Upload 1st time 790Mbps 54Mbps Second time 810Mbps 62Mbps 3rd Time 1.2Gbps 62Mbps
The results for povo (au line) are as follows.
download Upload 1st time 380Mbps 50Mbps Second time 520Mbps 70Mbps 3rd Time 230Mbps 48Mbps
Move to the west side near the pop-up stage.
There is also a large Myakumyaku statue on the west side.
The measurement results for ahamo (Docomo line) look like this. Even near the pop-up stage on the west side, the download speed of ahamo (Docomo line) exceeded 1Gbps.
download Upload 1st time 900Mbps 55Mbps Second time 1.3Gbps 62Mbps 3rd Time 1.3Gbps 62Mbps
povo (au line) is slower than ahamo (Docomo line), but it is fast enough for browsing and sending messages.
download Upload 1st time 610Mbps 54Mbps Second time 840Mbps 62Mbps 3rd Time 880Mbps 70Mbps
Finally, we measured the internet speed inside the West Gate.
Here’s how crowded it was. There were fewer people than at the East Gate.
The measurement results for ahamo (Docomo line) are as follows.
download Upload 1st time 260Mbps 16Mbps Second time 520Mbps 42Mbps 3rd Time 770Mbps 47Mbps
povo (au line) looked like this.
download Upload 1st time 540Mbps 69Mbps Second time 530Mbps 96Mbps 3rd Time 880Mbps 110Mbps
GIGAZINE has published a large number of articles related to the Osaka-Kansai Expo, such as investigating the prices of drinks sold in vending machines and greeting Miyakumyaku at the Miyakumyaku House . Articles related to the Osaka-Kansai Expo that have been published so far are summarized at the following link.
Summary of reports from the ‘Osaka-Kansai Expo’ – GIGAZINE
AloJapan.com