From last resort to first choice: Why Starlink is gaining new customers worldwide
For decades, satellite internet in rural areas was a reluctant compromise. However, by early 2026, this dynamic has changed. Starlink is no longer just filling broadband gaps — it’s actively disrupting the market as a compelling alternative.
The Urban Fortress Strategy: Navigating India’s Localized 5G Landscape
India’s telecom market is shifting toward experience-led differentiation. Opensignal’s data shows competitive advantage is increasingly local, with operators winning where network performance and commercial strategy align to drive acquisition and retention.
TIM and Vodafone 5G RAN sharing — quantifying coverage gains and network experience improvements
The 5G RAN sharing agreement announced on 7 January 2026 by TIM and Fastweb+Vodafone is set to deliver immediate network-level benefits in rural Italy: better 5G experience, wider 5G rural coverage, and improved consistency without any increase in spectrum holdings.
5G Standalone State of Play: Architecture Deployed, Monetisation Pending
5G Standalone is scaling globally — but performance and monetisation remain uneven. Opensignal’s latest analysis reveals where SA is delivering real latency and consistency gains, and how operators can turn measurable local experience improvements into competitive advantage ahead of MWC 2026.
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Spain, July 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Vodafone kept our 4G Availability award, increasing its score by 2 percentage points to fall just shy of the 90% mark.
Portugal, July 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Our users on all three of Portugal's operators have seen their mobile Video Experience improve, with all the country's networks now gaining Very Good scores (65-75 out of 100) — meaning mobile video should load quickly and stream without stuttering, even at higher resolutions.
USA, July 2019, Mobile Network Experience
It's still early days for 5G in the U.S., but the groundwork is being laid, and we see plenty of evidence of that planning in our metrics.
Parts of rural Germany see less than 50% 4G Availability
<p dir="ltr"><span>In our </span><a href="https://www.opensignal.com/blog/2019/06/13/germanys-rural-4g-users-still-spend-one-fourth-of-their-time-on-3g-and-2g-networks">recent analysis</a>, we found that the average 4G Availability in rural Germany was 73.5% experienced by our users, compared with 82.2% in urban areas.
Hyderabad is India's top student city for Time on Wifi
<p dir="ltr"><span>The month of July sees millions of students heading to India's universities to continue their education, spread their wings and meet new friends.
TPG launches disruptive mobile service in Singapore but lags on mobile experience
<p dir="ltr"><span>Mobile competition is heating up in Singapore because of new entrant </span><a href="https://www.tpgmobile.sg/">TPG</a> aiming to compete with established <a href="https://www.opensignal.com/reports/2019/06/singapore/mobile-network-experience">leaders M1, Singtel and Starhub, which we analyzed in our recent Singapore report</a>. .
Colombia, July 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Movistar increased its Video Experience score by nearly 5 points (out of 100) to win our award, following a three-way draw in this metric six months ago.
