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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Bulgaria, January 2020, Mobile Network Experience
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
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
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.
Colombia, January 2020, Mobile Network Experience
In our last report, we saw Movistar starting to assert its dominance, but in six months the dynamics in the Colombian mobile network market have changed. Claro bagged four of our national awards, Tigo won our inaugural Voice App Experience award, and Movistar held on to our Video and Latency Experience awards. But far from stagnating, we've seen some very impressive increases in scores across the board, and with MinTIC auctioning the 700MHz, and 2500 MHz bands to upgrade mobile networks from 2G and 3G to 4G technology, and we expect to see further improvements in our upcoming reports.
Taiwan, December 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Taiwanese operators realize the importance of delivering a high-quality Video Experience to their customers.
台灣行動通訊網路體驗：2019年12月
台灣電信業者意識到向客戶提供高品質影音體驗的重要性。中華電信首次在該指標上獲得了“極好”的評級，百分制中獲得75.0分，顯示中華電信用戶已享受到快速加載和無停頓的影音體驗。.
How to hasten US 3G switch-off to accelerate 5G
At the dawn of 5G, there are still a significant number of U.S. users on 3G networks that have never even connected to a 4G network. Opensignal investigates the reasons.
