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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Quantifying the German 5G urban/rural divide
In this new analysis, Opensignal has broken down the 5G experience of German users by the rural and urban parts of each state and explored the differences in users' 5G Availability, 5G Reach and 5G Download Speed.
Denmark, August 2022, Mobile Network Experience
TDC users had the most consistent mobile experience in Denmark
How Italian operators can leverage their local strengths in mobile experience to improve their user shares
In this new analysis, Opensignal analytics demonstrates there is a strong correlation between the quality of users’ mobile experience and European operators’ market shares. However, there are differences between operators’ local market share and their national position.
Pakistan, August 2022, Mobile Network Experience
In our latest look at the users' mobile network experience in Pakistan, Zong wins the bulk of Opensignal's awards
Cambodia, August 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Smart wins all three experiential awards while Metfone wins two out of three Coverage awards.
Kuwait, August 2022, Mobile Network Experience
We saw a tightly fought competition for mobile network experience awards, with numerous joint wins between the operators. Ooredoo has the largest haul of awards, with five outright and three joint wins, out of 14 awards available. Both Zain and stc end with seven wins.
Switzerland users get faster speeds and better video on 5G than on wifi
In Opensignal’s newest analysis, we looked at the network experience of our smartphone users in Switzerland, when they connected to 4G, 5G and Wifi. Our research demonstrates that our Swiss users saw much faster download and upload speeds connected to 5G than when using Wifi or 4G. Smartphone users also enjoyed a superior video streaming experience on their mobile phones on 5G, compared to Wifi.
