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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USA, April 2021, 5G User Experience
In this latest 5G User Experience report we analyze the overall 5G experience and combine measurements taken across all 5G frequency bands. We introduce three new 5G awards: 5G Reach, 5G Games Experience and 5G Voice App Experience.
Quantifying the mmWave 5G experience in the US
Opensignal analyzed the U.S. mobile experience on mmWave 5G, a subset of 5G experience which is significantly different to other types of 5G services. We found the fastest average mmWave 5G download speed of 692.9 Mbps using Verizon, which was three times as fast as our tests for AT&T and T-Mobile — 232.7 Mbps and 215.3 Mbps, respectively.
Japan, April 2021, Mobile Network Experience
Mobile network experience is again a fascinating contest between the three established operators and new entrant Rakuten. This report is only the second Japan Mobile Network Experience report to include Rakuten.
Malaysia, April 2021, Mobile Network Experience
We have seen a lot of change since our last report. DiGi swept away our Video Experience and Download Speed awards, which were previously held by Maxis.
Croatia, April 2021, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal's first mobile network experience report in Croatia, HT (Hrvatski Telekom) dominates our awards table, securing four outright wins. It also jointly wins the remaining three awards - two with A1, while both operators shared an award for Voice App Experience with Telemach.
Canada, April 2021, 5G User Experience
In Opensignal’s first comparison of the 5G experience across carriers in Canada, we found a mobile network experience landscape characterized by extreme competition. Due to challenges with limited 5G spectrum, Canada is now losing ground in 5G compared with other countries.
Philippines, April 2021, Mobile Network Experience
Smart wins every award outright but Globe has more than halved its lead on Video Experience and is catching up on Upload Speed Experience and 4G Availability.
