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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Canada, February 2020, Mobile Network Experience
In this latest report, we've analyzed the mobile network experience for Canada’s three nationwide operators, Telus, Bell Mobility and Rogers, over a 90-day period starting October 1 and ending December 29. Along with our national analysis, we've also examined the operators’ scores in 10 of the largest cities.
Bangladesh, February 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Grameenphone bagged the award in our one-of-a-kind <a href=https://www.opensignal.com/2019/01/03/understanding-mobile-network-experience-what-do-opensignals-metrics-mean target=_blank>Video Experience</a> category with 49.4 points and was closely followed by Banglalink at 48 points.
Spain, Mobile Network Experience February 2020
Both Vodafone and Movistar have moved above the 90% mark for 4G Availability, while Orange and Yoigo aren’t far behind. Movistar has cemented its lead in Download Speed Experience, with Orange in second place.
The State of Mobile Games Experience in the 5G era
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
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
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
What a difference a year makes.
