Japan, April 2026, Mobile Network Experience
In our latest Japan Mobile Network Experience report, au leads the national award count with ten sole and one joint win. It achieves a clean sweep for experiential awards in Japan, while also winning Consistent Quality and Reliability Experience outright.
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Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2026
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Japan, April 2026, Mobile Network Experience
In our latest Japan Mobile Network Experience report, au leads the national award count with ten sole and one joint win. It achieves a clean sweep for experiential awards in Japan, while also winning Consistent Quality and Reliability Experience outright.
The long goodbye: why is 3G still present in Asia Pacific?
It’s been 25 years since the world’s first commercial 3G launch. Today, 4G is universal, 5G rapidly expands, and 6G already looms on the horizon. And yet … 3G is still very much alive. So why hasn’t it disappeared, even in some developed markets in APAC?
One region, two paths: the opposing forces in data consumption across Asia Pacific
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.
Japan, October 2025, Mobile Network Experience
au leads the national award count with nine outright and two shared wins. NTT Docomo retains all of its awards from the previous report, while. SoftBank increases its tally from one outright win in the previous report to two sole and one shared victories.
5G mmWave: The UK auction is over — but where’s the action?
In the latest spectrum auction, the U.K.’s three mobile operators — EE, O2, and Vodafone/Three — each spent £13 million for 5.4 GHz of mmWave spectrum. But, what is the actual impact of mmWave on the mobile network connectivity?
Redefining performance in the cloud-native era: lessons from Rakuten Mobile
Find out how Rakuten Mobile uses AI, real-time analytics, and competitive benchmarking to drive continuous network improvement — and what’s next for KPIs in the age of Open RAN and 5G
Does 5G Standalone live up to the hype in Japan?
Following our recent analysis of the 5G SA market in Singapore, we now turn our attention to Japan — one of the global frontrunners in 5G SA commercial rollouts. We examine the experience of our users on 5G SA networks in Japan, compared to 5G NSA
