Metrico spends around three weeks conducting such tests. While it has done some testing of devices running on LTE networks, it didn't have time to add the results to the report it released this week, McNally said.

While Metrico's customers traditionally have been OEMs looking for live testing of devices before they are released, the company is beginning to hear more from enterprises that want data in order to make mobile phone purchasing decisions, he said.

There are other companies looking to provide similar kinds of data to enterprises. Root Metrics, for instance, is working on software that enterprises could load onto trial phones used by employees in order to collect data about network coverage, data throughput, latency and signal strength.

The IDG News Service