Beyond roaming: how Japanese operators can win the inbound traveller
Most people visiting Japan are paying more for a worse mobile experience — and don't know it. Travellers' choice of staying on a home network's roaming service might be convenient but could come at a cost — not just in bill terms, but in experience terms.
Canada, June 2026, Fixed Broadband Experience
Looking at fixed broadband experience in Canada, Bell takes the awards for Reliability, Consistent Quality, and Upload Speed. Meanwhile, Rogers leads for Download Speed and Video.
South Africa’s 5G challenge is spectrum usage, not performance
South Africa was an early African 5G mover, with launches in 2019 and 2020. Yet in Q1 2026, users spent just 3.7% of their connected time on 5G. Even among South Africans equipped with 5G-capable devices, time spent on 5G was limited to only 11.1% of their connectivity — 4G still anchors the daily mobile experience.
5G Standalone in Europe: Where deployment stands and what it means for consumers – June 2026
In this report we assess the scale of 5G Standalone deployment across 29 European markets in Q1 2026, revealing wide disparity between operators' progress and how their strategies translate into real user experience.
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Poor network experience drives churn in Brazil
Opensignal analyzed the mobile experience of Leavers in the last quarter of 2022. We observed that Leavers spent more time with no signal on their old operator compared with the average experience of all users on their original mobile operator’s network. Looking at the experience of our 5G users before they switched operators, Leavers generally observed slower overall download and upload speeds on their old operator, compared to the network averages.
United Kingdom, April 2023, Mobile Network Experience
EE wins or jointly wins all five overall experience awards, while our 3 users see 5G download speeds that are at least 1.9 times faster than those seen by users on other operators.
Guatemala, March 2023, Mobile Network Experience
For the first time, Opensignal analyzes the 5G experience in Guatemala in an Opensignal mobile network experience report.
Localized analysis reveals huge network experience gaps between mobile users in the U.S.
In this new analysis, Opensignal has segmented the mobile network experience of our U.S. users, to look at their distribution across different quality categories, at various geographical levels — ranging from the national level down to a city borough. While some of our US mobile users enjoy stunningly fast average download speeds or video experience rated as Very Good or Excellent — a substantial proportion of others suffer from subpar mobile network experience.
日本で回線混雑時に安定しているのは4Gより5G
日本における5Gエクスペリエンスは従来の4G技術よりもはるかに優れています。まさに5Gは平均的なエクスペリエンスだけではなく、モバイル・エクスペリエンスの一貫性も秀でているのです。たくさんのユーザーが回線を利用してネットワークの使用量が増えて混雑する時間帯の場合、4Gエクスペリエンスの品質は5Gエクスペリエンスよりもはるかに低くなり、ユーザーの問題を引き起こす可能性が高いことがOpensignalの最新の分析で判明しました。
At busy times 5G is more consistent than 4G in Japan
In Japan the 5G experience continues to be far superior to older 4G technology. But it’s not only the average experience which is better with 5G, but also the consistency of the mobile experience. At busy times of the day when there are more users awake and more usage of the networks, Opensignal’s latest analysis shows the quality of the 4G experience falls much more than the 5G experience and is more likely to cause users problems.
Egypt, March 2023, Mobile Network Experience
Vodafone continues its winning streak for 4G Availability and 4G Coverage Experience, but Etisalat cannot be beaten on speed.
