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Understanding & measuring 5G

The promise of 5G to revolutionize the mobile industry started years before the first commercial networks even launched.

Download speeds measured in Gbps. Latencies reduced to single digit milliseconds. Bandwidths capable of serving an ever-growing mobile-first population. How much of the promise of 5G is reality now that the first commercial networks have begun rolling out?

Opensignal seeks to answer that question, using real-world 5G measurements from actual users to reality-check the hype.

We are tracking the 5G rollouts around the world and aim to be the single source of truth on the true 5G experience users receive as adoption grows in markets around the world.

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Blog Entry | No | All Countries, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Global, Greece, Hongkong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Newzealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudiarabia, Singapore, Southkorea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, UK, USA | Ian Fogg

How the 5G experience compares across 50 states and 250 US cities

By Francesco Rizzato, September 2021

Opensignal has analyzed smartphone users’ 5G mobile experience across all 50 U.S. states and as many as 250 cities. We found that 5G varied significantly across U.S. geographies, with our 5G users on the East Coast generally having a better 5G experience, followed by users on the West Coast and in the Great Lakes region.

Blog Entry | No | USA | Francesco Rizzato

Switzerland, September 2021, 5G Experience

By Robert Wyrzykowski, September 2021

In Opensignal's first 5G Experience Report on Switzerland, Sunrise dominates the awards table. The operator wins both 5G speeds awards outright and shares the victory with Salt for the three experiential awards. However, Swisscom wins the two measures of the extent of 5G, which means our Swisscom users were able to connect to 5G more frequently and in more places than those on its competitors’ networks.

Report Page | No | Switzerland | Robert Wyrzykowski

Netherlands, September 2021, 5G Experience

By Sam Fenwick, September 2021

KPN wins 5G Download Speed for the second time, and shares the 5G Upload Speed award with T-Mobile.

Report Page | No | Netherlands | Sam Fenwick

A great 5G experience benefits from a strong 4G foundation in Germany, Italy & the UK

By Robert Wyrzykowski, September 2021

Opensignal analyzed the impact of different amounts of 5G and 4G spectrum on the overall 5G mobile experience of our users. Our research shows that users in Germany, Italy and the UK saw significantly faster 5G average download speeds when they were also connected to additional amounts of 4G spectrum, through older 4G technology.

Blog Entry | No | Global, Germany, Italy, UK | Robert Wyrzykowski

Germany, August 2021, 5G Experience

By Francesco Rizzato, August 2021

In our first report on the 5G user experience in Germany, Telekom showed a strong performance - with a smooth win in six out of seven categories, but O2 took the win in the 5G download speed category.

Report Page | No | Germany | Francesco Rizzato