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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Germany and the UK can't wait for 5G to improve the mobile network experience
There's been a fair bit in the press recently about the decline of Northwest Europe's traditional mobile powerhouses.
Chile, March 2019, Mobile Network Experience
In our last three Chile reports we tracked a concerning trend: 4G Download Speeds were steadily falling, which led to little to no growth in our Download Speed Experience metric across Chile's four national operators.
Latency is the new 5G speed battleground which will enable XR and AR
<span>For many kinds of immersive interactive media, mobile download speed is not the only important measure of speed.
Netherlands, March 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Tele2 increased its 4G Availability score by just enough to win our award, after sharing the spoils with Vodafone in our <a href=https://www.opensignal.com/reports/2018/09/netherlands/state-of-the-mobile-network target=_blank>last report</a>.
Bristol - the UK's fastest city in 4G Download Experience
Bristol has always been a city of explorers.
Mexico's 3 biggest cities buck the trend of urban 4G inconsistency
Opensignal’s latest report on the <a href="https://opensignal.com/reports-data/global/data-2019-02/Opensignal-The-5G-Opportunity.pdf">5G opportunity</a> highlighted how smartphone users often experience wide fluctuations in 4G Download Speed throughout the day, and that speeds at the quietest hour can be several times faster than at the busiest hours.
Philippines, March 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Globe has long had the edge over Smart in LTE reach, but in our latest test period we saw Smart surge forward in our 4G Availability metric, resulting in a statistical tie between the two operators.
