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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Cambodia, February 2023, Mobile Network Experience
Cellcard users see the fastest average download speeds in Cambodia, but Metfone and Smart continue to dominate the coverage category.
Denmark, February 2023, Mobile Network Experience
Users have a Very Good experience with 5G video on all operators and users on 3 have the fastest download speeds.
Kuwait, February 2023, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal's latest Kuwait Mobile Network Experience report Ooredoo has the largest haul of awards, with six outright and seven joint wins, out of 15 awards available. On top of retaining both Games Experience awards and three out of four available speed awards, Ooredoo claims Availability outright. Zain and stc win eight and five awards, respectively, with stc securing one outright, as it defends Excellent Consistent Quality.
USA, January 2023, 5G Experience
In this USA 5G Experience report, T-Mobile remains the sole winner of both 5G speed and both 5G coverage awards, while also widening its lead over its competitors for 5G Download Speed and 5G Availability. Verizon defends both 5G Games Experience and 5G Voice App Experience — it also wins the third experiential metric, 5G Video Experience.
USA, January 2023, Mobile Network Experience
T-Mobile keeps its speed awards in a firm grip and widens its lead over the runner-ups. T-Mobile also remains the sole winner of both consistency awards, along with Games Experience and Voice App Experience — and comes first in the third experiential metric as well, Video Experience, which now accounts for adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR). Meanwhile, AT&T retains Availability
Quantifying the satellite smartphone opportunity in Japan
With the iPhone 14 launch smartphone satellite connectivity has now arrived in some global markets, and will likely arrive soon in others, like Japan. But the extent of the opportunity for services beyond emergency communications, such as two way messaging and regular Internet connectivity, is uncertain.
Bangladesh, January 2023, Mobile Network Experience
In this new report we analyze the real-world mobile experience across the four national operators. While Banglalink and Grameenphone dominate the awards table, Robi secures a single joint win.
