From last resort to first choice: Why Starlink is gaining new customers worldwide
For decades, satellite internet in rural areas was a reluctant compromise. However, by early 2026, this dynamic has changed. Starlink is no longer just filling broadband gaps — it’s actively disrupting the market as a compelling alternative.
The Urban Fortress Strategy: Navigating India’s Localized 5G Landscape
India’s telecom market is shifting toward experience-led differentiation. Opensignal’s data shows competitive advantage is increasingly local, with operators winning where network performance and commercial strategy align to drive acquisition and retention.
TIM and Vodafone 5G RAN sharing — quantifying coverage gains and network experience improvements
The 5G RAN sharing agreement announced on 7 January 2026 by TIM and Fastweb+Vodafone is set to deliver immediate network-level benefits in rural Italy: better 5G experience, wider 5G rural coverage, and improved consistency without any increase in spectrum holdings.
5G Standalone State of Play: Architecture Deployed, Monetisation Pending
5G Standalone is scaling globally — but performance and monetisation remain uneven. Opensignal’s latest analysis reveals where SA is delivering real latency and consistency gains, and how operators can turn measurable local experience improvements into competitive advantage ahead of MWC 2026.
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Belgium, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Looking at our Awards Table, Proximus has snapped up five out of seven awards and it is the first Belgian operator to claim awards in our two new categories: Voice App Experience and 4G Coverage Experience.
Netherlands, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Tele2 has regained the award for 4G Availability, this time winning it solo, having tied with both Vodafone and KPN in our <a href=https://www.opensignal.com/reports/2019/09/netherlands/mobile-network-experience target=_blank>last report</a> — thanks to a 2.4 percentage point increase in its score since our last report.
Chile, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Entel became the first operator in Chile to win Opensignal’s new Voice App Experience award, which assesses the perceived quality of voice calls on communication apps such as WhatsApp, Skype or Facebook Messenger.
How Malaysians’ roaming experience in Singapore is affected by their choice of operator
We have analyzed how three measures of the mobile user experience vary between international roamers from Malaysia and domestic users in Singapore.
Italians changed behavior and spent more time on WiFi before quarantine extensions
Opensignal observed an increase in the time Italian smartphone users spent connected to Wifi across several provinces, meaning people were spending significantly more time indoors before the government extended restrictions and told Italians to stay at home and avoid all non-essential travel.
German rural 4G users see big differences in 4G Availability and download speeds between operators
Opensignal analyzed the German mobile connectivity divide between urban and rural areas by state and by operator. We found that Telekom users observed the highest 4G Availability in rural areas in 11 out of 13 states.
Indonesia’s largest cities see good but uneven progress on mobile download and upload speeds
With high speed internet connectivity being the cornerstone of a robust digital economy, we take another look at the download and upload speeds observed in Indonesia’s 44 biggest cities to understand the current growth, which should also act as a good yardstick by which to measure future progress.
