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Connectivity in the fast lane: the motorway and railway mobile experience in France, Italy and Switzerland

By Sam Fenwick, May 2025

In this piece, Opensignal analyzes the experience of our users in France, Italy and Switzerland on or near motorways and railways. It reveals differences in which operators provide the best experience to our users when they’re on or near motorways and railways, compared to that seen nationally in our mobile experience reports.

Europe’s legacy networks: 3G and 2G still matter in the age of 5G

By Sam Fenwick, December 2024

This analysis explores reliance on 3G and 2G across 36 European markets, highlights recent 3G shutdowns in the U.K., and underscores the implications for mobile experience and operator strategies.

France, November 2024, Mobile Network Experience

By Sam Fenwick, November 2024

Orange wins 10 out of 14 awards outright, including all four speed awards and both video awards and earns the title of Best Network. Bouygues is the new outright winner of the 5G Coverage Experience award, while Free Mobile and SFR keep hold of the Availability and 5G Availability awards respectively.

Analyzing the consistency of mobile experience across European operator groups

By Sam Fenwick, October 2024

For the first time, Opensignal has analyzed the mobile experience across operator groups in Western and Central Europe, focusing on Consistent Quality (CQ). We have focused on six groups: A1 Group, Deutsche Telekom Group, Orange Group, PPF Group, United Group and Vodafone Group.

Analyzing mobile network experience at the Paris Olympics

By Hardik Khatri, Sam Fenwick, Simon Lumb, September 2024

Following on from our analysis of the mobile experience at the opening ceremony — and now that the Games have concluded — we have analyzed how reliable our users’ experience was across the many Parisian venues and the surrounding areas.

Analyse de l'expérience des réseaux mobiles lors des Jeux Olympiques de Paris

By Hardik Khatri, Sam Fenwick, Simon Lumb, September 2024

À la suite de notre analyse de l’expérience mobile durant la cérémonie d’ouverture , et à présent que les Jeux sont achevés, nous avons examiné en détail la fiabilité de l’expérience vécue par nos utilisateurs dans les divers sites parisiens ainsi que dans les zones environnantes.

Ensuring seamless user experience — how mobile networks held up during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony

By Hardik Khatri, Simon Lumb, August 2024

Millions of visitors arriving in Paris for the duration of the games present significant challenges to French mobile operators. In this analysis, Opensignal examines how French networks held up under the intense demand during the opening ceremony.