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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Deutschland, November 2019, Mobile Network Experience
In our latest report on Germany, Telekom continues to dominate our awards table, keeping hold of four of our national awards. But it's not all plain sailing for Telekom, as we're seeing its lead eroding in several of our metrics, while its 4G Availability and Download Speed Experience scores have statistically not improved.
Germany, November 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Telekom won five of our six national awards — keeping hold of four while grabbing our new Voice App Experience medal.
Understanding why so many German smartphone users are still 3G-only
Opensignal analyzed the mobile experience of our German users who have never accessed mobile data on a 4G network, and found that 81.4% of those 3G-only users likely chose not to upgrade to a 4G subscription or have disabled 4G connections on their phones.
Hong Kong, November 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Hong Kong is a small but well-developed mobile market that is among the world’s elite territories in terms of Mobile Network Experience. While the city is embarking on the path to 5G, Opensignal used real-world data to compare the performance of Hong Kong’s four operators in their existing 3G and 4G networks across our six key award metrics.
Thailand, November 2019, Mobile Network Experience
The mobile network experience in Thailand is improving. In this report, we've seen 4G Availability in the country continue to grow — passing the 90% milestone for one operator.
ประเทศไทย, พฤศจิกายน 2019, ประสบการณ์เครือข่ายมือถือ
AIS ยังคงได้รับรางวัลความพร้อมใช้งานของเครือข่าย 4G ของเรา อย่างไรก็ตามผู้ใช้ในแต่ละเครือข่ายทั้งสามเครือข่ายพบคะแนนเพิ่มขึ้นประมาณร้อยละ 3 ทั้งนี้ AIS ได้ก้าวผ่านหลักชัยที่ร้อยละ 90 ในขณะที่ผู้ให้บริการรายอื่นกำลังไล่ตามมาติดๆ นี่คือคะแนนที่น่าประทับใจอย่างยิ่งจากความคาดหวังของเราในตลาดมือถือที่เติบโตอย่างต่อเนื่อง.
Malaysian users in thinly-populated rural areas connect to 4G just 44% of the time
The increasing population density in urban centers has created a digital divide between thinly and densely populated areas. Opensignal measured our users’ experience across Malaysia and found that a connectivity gap exists between sparsely populated rural areas and densely populated urban areas.
