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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Brazil's urban mobile users connect twice as much to 4G
Brazil is showing some keen signs of development — both in its mobile network experience and in its economy as a whole.
Cambodia, August 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Smart Axiata remains the only operator able to provide our users with a 4G signal more than 80% of the time, but at the rate Cellcard and Metfone are improving access to 4G connections, Smart will soon have company.
Italian mobile users experience lower 4G Availability in rural areas — but no evidence of a North/South divide
In the second quarter of 2019, our 4G users in Italy on average spent more than four-fifths of their time connected to 4G networks.
South Africa, August 2019, Mobile Network Experience
MTN remains the leader in our 4G Availability measurements, with a score of 83.6%.
Download speeds are 73% faster in Manila than in Cebu and Davao
Users in Manila have a distinct mobile broadband speed advantage over their counterparts in other Filippino cities.
Peru, August 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Movistar increased its 4G Availability score by just 1.5 percentage points — but this was enough to force a draw with Entel, who saw no notable growth in its score.
Canada, August 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Opensignal recorded big surges in download speeds for all of Canada's major operators.
