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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Costa Rica, December 2020, Mobile Network Experience
In this report, we've analyzed our data gathered in the 90 days from the start of August 2020 to compare the mobile network experience of Costa Rica’s three national operators: Kölbi, Claro and Movistar. We further delved deeper into four regions, comparing the results of these three operators.
Deutsche Telekom re-uses 3G spectrum for 4G and 5G: 3G speeds down but overall speeds up
Opensignal's data shows that Deutsche Telekom re-used part of its legacy 3G spectrum on the 2100 MHz to support its 4G and 5G users, leading to a significant change in mobile experience.
The Changing US 5G Experience
5G is evolving fast in the U.S. In just a few months, the 5G experience we saw has changed dramatically on each carrier. And, while progress has boosted many 5G measures, in other 5G categories we see big drops.
South Korea, December 2020, Mobile Network Experience
This time both operators win three mobile network experience awards outright and jointly win one other.
Costa Rica, Diciembre 2020, Experience de redes móviles
Kölbi sigue siendo el operador a vencer cuando se trata de Velocidades de Descarga en Costa Rica.
Switzerland, December 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Sunrise and Salt make good progress on average download speeds.
Russia, December 2020, Mobile Network Experience
All four operators’ Download Speed Experience scores have improved significantly.
