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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Bulgaria, June 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Users saw the fastest average 5G speeds on Vivacom’s network, while A1 comes top for Consistency.
Norway, June 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Our analysis reveals a varied picture with all three national operators winning — or jointly winning — in multiple of the 15 mobile experience categories in this report. However, Telenor and Telia are the only two operators to win any award outright.
Sweden, June 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Our analysis reveals a varied picture with all four national operators winning — or jointly winning — in at least five mobile experience categories in this report.
Romania, June 2022, Mobile Network Experience
Our Orange users experienced the fastest average download speeds in Romania but Vodafone comes top for Upload Speed Experience.
5G出力レベルの取り組みが日本の5G エクスペリエンスに悪影響を及ぼすおそれ
Opensignalによる最新の分析で5G接続時に日本のユーザーが体感した信号強度が、他の東アジア市場 (香港、韓国、台湾) と比較して大幅に低いことがわかりました。しかし日本の4G信号強度は他の市場と同等でした。これは日本のオペレーターは5Gの導入において日本特有の課題に直面しているということです。
Cottage country mobile network experience
Our results also show that while Canada has yet to establish a global leadership position on 5G, it continues to hold the advantage of strong 4G access and network capability that results in an excellent experience, even when in more rural surroundings.
With new spectrum, 5G is set to improve in Brazil
In a new analysis, Opensignal analyzes Brazil's 5G experience and shows a considerable improvement over 4G. We also compare Brazil with 41 leading global 5G markets to understand how the 5G experience will likely evolve in the future.
