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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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.
South Africa leads the continent in mobile network experience
<p dir="ltr">Opensignal's recent <a href="https://cdn.opensignal.com/public/data/reports/global/data-2019-05/the_state_of_mobile_experience_may_2019_0.pdf">State of Mobile Network Experience report</a> ranked 87 of the world's mobile nations across our key metrics, with the usual suspects – Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, and South Korea – topping our global rankings.
