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Opensignal reports and analyses are the definitive guide to understanding the true experience consumers receive on mobile and broadband networks.

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The State of Mobile Games Experience in the 5G era

By Hardik Khatri, Ian Fogg, Sam Fenwick, February 2020

With video games now the biggest form of entertainment (thanks in part to breakout games like Fortnite) and the smartphone becoming increasing the device of choice, gamers’ mobile connections have a great deal of impact on their playing experience. To quantify this, Opensignal has developed a first of a kind metric and used it to rank the world’s top 100 countries for mobile Games Experience.

Cambodia, Mobile Network Experience February 2020

By Sam Fenwick, February 2020

Smart Axiata has made good progress on 4G Availability, with a 5.8 percentage point increase since our last report, taking it to 87.1%, while Metfone has pushed past the 80% mark.

Portugal, February 2020, Mobile Network Experience

By Sam Fenwick, February 2020

Portugal’s operators have made good progress across nearly all of our metrics and all three are now offering 4G availability in excess of 80%, with Vodafone reaching the 90% mark for the first time. Vodafone remains the operator to beat, claiming six out of our seven awards and tying for the remaining award.

USA, January 2020, Mobile Network Experience

By Sue Marek, January 2020

What a difference a year makes.

Bulgaria, January 2020, Mobile Network Experience

By Sam Fenwick, January 2020

Our first look at the Bulgarian mobile experience shows that Vivacom commands a strong lead, as it has won four awards and tied for another two. However, A1 took the prize for Download Speed Experience with our users on its network observing an average speed of 32.7 Mbps.

Romania, January 2020, Mobile Network Experience

By Sam Fenwick, January 2020

Orange has performed strongly, winning five awards and drawing with Vodafone and Telekom for Voice App Experience and Upload Speed Experience. We also found huge variation in Download Speed Experience.

Brazil, January 2020, Mobile Network Experience

By Hardik Khatri, January 2020

When it comes to the consumer mobile network experience in Brazil, we’ve seen a two-horse race develop between Claro and TIM since our last report. A quick glance at our latest awards table might give the impression that nothing has changed in the last six months. However, our measurements show notable improvements in several areas, particularly in 4G metrics. The rollout of 4G on the 700 MHz spectrum band in Brazil is having a big impact, as our users on networks that have implemented it are spending more time on 4G and are on average enjoying faster download speeds. We have further seen a cascading effect of this on our Video and Voice App Experience as upload and latency measurements have also improved. And with an upcoming auction of 5G licenses — including more spectrum in the 700 MHz band — we expect the mobile network experience to continue to improve as the market matures.