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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Belgium, September 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Orange catches up with Telenet on Availability, but Telenet forces a tie on Core Consistent Quality.
Latvia, September 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Tele2 and LMT share the Games Experience award, but the most consistent experience is with LMT.
Slovakia, September 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Orange wins Video Experience and Voice App Experience while Telekom has the most consistent experience.
The 5G experience in Japan’s transport hubs: Yamanote line and international airports
In this latest Opensignal analysis on Japan, we have analyzed the 5G mobile experience in busy high-traffic areas of Japan — across its international airports and on Tokyo’s Yamanote line, which connects some of the busiest train stations in the world.
Verizon continues to lead in network experience at NFL stadiums
In this new analysis, we found that our users on Verizon’s network enjoyed the fastest 5G speeds, and the best 5G and overall gaming and voice app experience However, T-Mobile users connected to 5G services for the highest amount of time at the 30 NFL stadiums and users on T-Mobile’s network saw the highest average overall Download Speed Experience.
Vietnam, September 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Our latest analysis reveals a close run race between Viettel Mobile and Vinaphone for dominance over the mobile experience landscape in Vietnam.
Sizing the satellite connectivity opportunity for smartphones
Satellite connectivity is coming to smartphones, Apple is adding Emergency SoS using satellites to the iPhone 14 range. Now, Opensignal has analyzed over 100 global markets to understand the extent of the cellular “no signal” problem that mobile users face.
