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.
Feb 2025
Measuring What Matters: An Introduction to the Global Network Excellence Index
The Opensignal Global Network Excellence Index ranks countries based on real-world mobile experience, evaluating 4G/5G Availability, Excellent Consistent Quality (ECQ), and Download Speed. This report explores key insights, policies, and investment strategies driving network excellence.
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The Smartphone Experience Shift from 4G to 5G
To understand why wireless operators — and the smartphone makers that supply them — are keen to switch users from older 4G-only smartphone models to 5G capable versions, Opensignal has analyzed the real-world smartphone experience of 4G and 5G smartphones.
Benchmarking the Global 5G Experience — March 2022
During 2022, 5G will start to become the mainstay of the mobile experience in many markets. In others, the 5G journey is starting, but 5G offers the promise of a significantly superior experience. Here, Opensignal's quantifies the current 5G experience.
5G Impact on the Global Mobile Network Experience
Approximately once a decade the mobile industry unveils a new network technology standard with the goal of revolutionizing users’ mobile network experience. Opensignal examines the real-world impact that 5G has had on the mobile experience by comparing 100 markets.
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2022
In the third Global Mobile Network Experience Awards report, Opensignal once again directly compares operators from around the world to recognize those on which our users had the best mobile experience.
Benchmarking the Global 5G Experience — November 2021
In the new international 5G benchmark we see significant changes among the global leaders.
mmWave 5G provides a big capacity boost to US users in high-traffic areas
Opensignal has analyzed the amount of mobile data our users consumed on mmWave 5G networks and compared that to the amount of mobile data used on sub-6 GHz 5G and 4G.
Faster 5G speeds helped by 4G spectrum bandwidth in South Korea
Our analysis shows that strong 4G network foundations still remain essential for 5G deployment in its early stages. 4G continues to boost the 5G experience even for a market like South Korea, hailed as one of the 5G frontrunners. Part of the reason for the 5G success story of Korea’s operators is their use of 4G spectrum and having an excellent 4G network that helps to boost 5G download speeds.
