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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United Kingdom, September 2021, Mobile Network Experience
EE and Vodafone continue to come top for Games Experience.
United Kingdom, September 2021, 5G Experience
5G Availability and 5G Reach are jointly won by 3 and Vodafone.
Japan, September 2021, 5G Experience
In Opensignal's first report into the 5G mobile network experience across Japan's mobile operators, we see the awards shared across three brands: NTT DoCoMo, SoftBank and Rakuten.
Japan, September 2021, Mobile Network Experience
This report quantifies the overall experience of mobile users across all the different technologies and is based upon real-world measurements taken on both 4G and 5G. As well as national results, we also examine the mobile experience across eight regions.
Ireland, September 2021, 5G Experience
The fastest 5G speeds were experienced on eir and 3’s networks.
Ireland, September 2021, Mobile Network Experience
3 and eir share the Download Speed Experience award, but our eir users saw the fastest average upload speeds.
Telkomsel is boosting capacity for 4G, by refarming 3G spectrum in the 2100 MHz band
Opensignal is examining how different Indonesian operators have been using the existing 3G spectrum to accelerate 4G and future implementation of 5G. In this analysis, we have looked into Telkomsel’s spectrum usage to understand its approach and the impact on its users’ mobile experience.
