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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Japan, April 2020, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal’s unique real-world measure of mobile video experience, SoftBank’s users enjoyed a Video Experience score of 80.4 on our 0-100 point scale, slightly ahead of KDDI au’s score of 77.5 and NTT DoCoMo's 77.0.
UAE, April 2020, Mobile Network Experience
UAE surpassed the 90% <a href=https://www.opensignal.com/2019/01/03/understanding-mobile-network-experience-what-do-opensignals-metrics-mean target=_blank>4G Availability</a> milestone.
T-Mobile boosts mobile speeds thanks to spectrum support from FCC, Dish, others
Opensignal analyzed T-Mobile’s use of the 600 MHz spectrum in the top 100 U.S. Cellular Market Areas (CMAs) during March, and found that T-Mobile took less than three days to start deploying the additional spectrum it received from companies including Dish, Bluewater Wireless, LB Holdings and others.
Philippines, April 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Smart broke away from Globe in the six months since our last report to take the 4G Availability award.
Mobile Experience during the COVID-19 pandemic: 4G Download Speed
Globally, operators report mobile data use is increasing dramatically but Opensignal’s analytics demonstrate that despite these challenges the mobile experience is holding up well. Opensignal has seen only relatively small changes in users’ 4G Download Speeds in some countries, and none at all in other countries.
India, April 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Operators in India are now finding new ways to differentiate their services rather than undercutting each other, a strategy that was prevalent in the Indian mobile industry couple of years ago. The operators are now focused on growing their 4G subscriber bases by building up coverage and capacity.
UK, April 2020, Mobile Network Experience
EE is closing in on 95% 4G Availability. The operator has extended its lead in terms of Download Speed Experience and still dominates our award table. Meanwhile, Vodafone has retained the Voice App Experience Award and all four operators have made great strides in terms of Video Experience.
