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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Vietnam, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal’s third report on Vietnam’s Mobile Network Experience, one mobile operator continues to remain head and shoulder above its rivals.
Analyzing Mobile Experience during the coronavirus pandemic: Time on Wifi
The amount of time that smartphone users spend on Wifi connections has increased in many countries.
Egypt, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
When it comes to mobile network experience in Egypt, we have seen something of a two-horse race as shown by a quick look at our latest awards table. We saw a fierce competition between two operators — Vodafone and Orange — with awards split nearly equally. That said, the mobile network experience in Egypt is improving overall, but some of the greatest improvements were observed by users on the other two operators — WE and Etisalat — who also came neck-and-neck on several measures.
South Africa, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
MTN is now the leader in our Video Experience measurements scoring 72.0 points, which means the operator falls within the Very Good category (65-75).
Declining 4G Download Speeds in quarantined Italy indicate rising mobile congestion
Opensignal observed that our Italian users experienced significantly lower 4G Download Speeds during daytime in the week commencing on Monday, March 9 — following the government’s restrictions imposed on the population on March 10 as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis.
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.
