Australia, May 2026, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal’s Australia Mobile Network Experience May 2026 report, Optus leads with eight awards, including six outright wins and two shared with Vodafone. Vodafone follows with six awards (four outright and two joint wins), while Telstra retains two outright wins
Feb 2026
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2026
Opensignal sheds light on the difference in the experience seen by our users on different operators across the globe — to better inform users, operators and regulators.
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Quantifying the global 5G experience across ten operators
In Opensignal’s latest 5G analysis we found all ten operators saw much faster speeds for their users on 5G compared with 4G, with speeds between 18.4 times and 1.7 times faster on 5G. Understanding the extent to which 5G improves the mobile experience is critical both for consumers considering upgrading to 5G and also for the mobile industry that’s planning how quickly to invest in 5G.
5G download speed is now faster than Wifi in seven leading 5G countries
Opensignal’s latest analysis demonstrates that 5G greatly improves the real-world speeds that users experience. And, even more significantly, 5G offers faster average download speeds than Wifi in seven out of eight leading 5G countries.
Australia, April 2020, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal’s regional analysis of six of the largest cities in Australia, Telstra is the operator to beat.
Mobile Experience during the COVID-19 pandemic: 4G Download Speed
Globally, operators report mobile data use is increasing dramatically but Opensignal’s analytics demonstrate that despite these challenges the mobile experience is holding up well. Opensignal has seen only relatively small changes in users’ 4G Download Speeds in some countries, and none at all in other countries.
The State of Mobile Video Experience 2019
In one year mobile Video Experience has significantly improved in 59% of 100 countries analyzed. But the U.S. is lagging behind on mobile video as carriers face a spectrum crunch. Uniquely, Opensignal tests mobile video streaming at scale and does not estimate video experience based on speed tests or other indirect measurements.
Comparing users across Singtel group highlights Voice, Video and Download speed differences
Opensignal has analyzed the experience of our users across Singtel group’s mobile operator subsidiaries and regional associates. We found that while there is a big gap between Singtel's wholly-owned entities in Singapore and Australia (Optus) and the rest in Download Speed Experience, the gap was narrower for both Voice App Experience and Video Experience.
5G in USA is here, but in need of fresh spectrum to thrive
While operators have launched commercial 5G services in a number of countries in 2019, the experience of 5G users is still extremely uneven.
