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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5G boosts the maximum real-world download speed by up to 2.7 times 4G users’ top speeds
<p dir="ltr"><span>In Opensignal’s latest analysis of 5G, we've looked at the maximum real-world speeds seen in eight countries which have launched 5G services.
Smartphone users in Melbourne and Sydney experience 4G Download Speeds 15 Mbps slower during busy times
<span>Opensignal analyzed 4G Download Speeds experienced by our users in Australia’s two most populous cities — Melbourne and Sydney.
Indonesia, July 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Telkomsel won both our Download and Upload Speed Experience awards.
Indonesia, Juli 2019, Pengalaman Jaringan Seluler
Telkomsel memenangkan penghargaan Pengalaman Kecepatan Pengunduhan dan Pengunggahan kami.
Cricket fans at this summer's World Cup can expect a Very Good Video Experience
<p dir="ltr"><span>Millions of sports fans are flocking to the </span><a href="https://www.cricketworldcup.com/">Cricket World Cup</a> in England and Wales this summer for six weeks of the best ODI action.
The fastest cities in Mexico for mobile broadband are in the north
<span>The city of Chihuahua has quite the namesake.
Mobile video in Thailand is slow to load and experiences frequent interruptions
<span>In our recent </span><a href="https://www.opensignal.com/reports/2019/05/thailand/mobile-network-experience">Mobile Network Experience report on Thailand</a>, we found that Thai operators excelled in 4G Availability, providing a level of 4G access nearly unmatched in Southeast Asia, but we also identified one area where Thailand needed a lot of improvement.
