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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The Philippines has seen impressive improvements in download speeds and 4G Availability over the past two years
Our users in the Philippines have seen their average download speeds and 4G Availability increase by 80.9% and 19.5 percentage points, respectively, between Q4 2017 and Q2 2020.
Germany's 4G Availability rises over 85%, with rural districts improving faster than urban districts
Opensignal has analyzed how much time our German smartphone users spent connected to 4G networks — 4G Availability — during the 90 days period starting on April 1, 2020.
Broadband snapshots: Germany
Opensignal looked at Germany’s broadband market and analyzed our users’ real-world experience when they connected using a selection of the country’s major Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
South Africa, August 2020, Mobile Network Experience
A quick glance at our awards table shows that MTN and Vodacom are still the two main players in South Africa’s mobile experience landscape, while Telkom and Cell C haven’t made an appearance in the table, yet.
Broadband snapshots: UK
Opensignal took a look at the U.K. broadband market and analyzed our users’ real-world experience when they connected using a selection of the country’s major Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
Chile, August 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Opensignal’s new Games Experience award measures how users experience real-time multiplayer mobile gaming on an operator’s network.
Peru, August 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Entel comes first for mobile gaming, but the Peruvian Games Experience has room for improvement.
