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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Costa Rica, June 2019, Mobile Network Experience
In the last 6 months, Kölbi improved its 4G Availability score by more than 5 percentage points to catch up with its rival Movistar, with users on both operators spending close to 70% of the time connected to 4G.
Costa Rica, Junio 2019, Experiencia de red móvil
En los últimos 6 meses, Kölbi mejoró su puntaje de disponibilidad 4G en más de 5 puntos porcentuales para ponerse al día con su rival Movistar.
Germany's rural 4G users still spend one-fourth of their time on 3G and 2G networks
<span>In the first quarter of 2019, our smartphone users in Germany could on average access the internet over 4G networks 82.2% of the time when they were in the urban districts, but this dropped to just 73.5% of the time in the rural districts.
Cyclone Fani’s impact on India’s mobile networks lasted three weeks
<span>On Friday 3 May, Eastern India was battered by </span><a href="https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/disaster-preparedness-limits-toll-from-cyclone-fani">Cyclone Fani</a>, one of the strongest storms to hit the country in the last 20 years.
Singapore, June 2019, Mobile Network Experience
For the last year, all three Singapore operators have been edging closer to the 90% 4G Availability milestone, and in our latest test period, the first of them finally crossed the line.
Canada's 4G networks are well prepared for the 5G revolution
<span id="docs-internal-guid-7a46853a-7fff-7028-c742-97b25c8d2fce">Canada may not be </span><a href="https://www.itworldcanada.com/article/mainstream-launch-of-5g-expected-in-canada-in-2021/417579">moving as quickly</a> as its larger neighbor to the south in rolling out 5G, but given the power of its 4G networks, Canada isn't likely feeling the same pressure as the U.S.
Argentina, June 2019, Mobile Network Experience
The Download Speed Experience scores of all three operators in Argentina have been on a steady rise in our last two reports.
