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The Urban Fortress Strategy: Navigating India’s Localized 5G Landscape

By Sylwia Kechiche, March 2026

India’s telecom market is shifting toward experience-led differentiation. Opensignal’s data shows competitive advantage is increasingly local, with operators winning where network performance and commercial strategy align to drive acquisition and retention.

5G Standalone State of Play: Architecture Deployed, Monetisation Pending

By Sylwia Kechiche, February 2026

5G Standalone is scaling globally — but performance and monetisation remain uneven. Opensignal’s latest analysis reveals where SA is delivering real latency and consistency gains, and how operators can turn measurable local experience improvements into competitive advantage ahead of MWC 2026.

India, February 2026, Mobile Network Experience

By Mohamed Abbas, February 2026

Jio dominates India's Jan 2026 mobile landscape with superior 5G speeds and coverage. Airtel leads in User Experience, securing top spots for Gaming and Vi breaks through in 5G Experience

One region, two paths: the opposing forces in data consumption across Asia Pacific

By Robert Wyrzykowski, February 2026

Using our data across 12 Asia–Pacific markets, this analysis shows how opposing forces are reshaping how smartphone users consume data, and why the balance between Wi-Fi and mobile is increasingly market-specific rather than universal.

5G Experience in India: From Rollout to Real-World Impact

By Sylwia Kechiche, December 2025

This report explores how the transition from 4G to 5G is changing user experience in India, how network architecture influences real-world usage, and where operators are finding credible paths to monetisation. 

Global outlook on Fixed Wireless vs. Fixed-line broadband: Is FWA ripe for more disruption?

By Andrey Popov, October 2025

FWA is no longer just filling coverage gaps, as in many markets it has entered the near-parity stage, reshaping the competitive landscape and emerging as a genuine substitute for fixed-line options. In this piece we analyze experience on both forms of access tech across 11 markets.

India, August 2025, Fixed Broadband Experience

By Peter Boyland, August 2025

Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) subscriptions in India have grown by over a third in 2025 to reach 7.4 million. Our latest report shows that Airtel is outperforming its rival Jio and further looks at how Airtel also outshines Jio in experience on wireline broadband.