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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India's 4G download speeds are up to 4.5 times faster at night
OpenSignal has measured 4G download speeds across 20 of India's largest cities and observed that smartphone users experience varying speeds depending on the city they live in: while Navi Mumbai scored 8.1 Mbps in average LTE download speed in our measurements, Allahabad came last with an average of 4.0 Mbps – half the speed..
Colombia, January 2019, Mobile Network Experience
Tigo and Movistar drew in our 4G Availability category, after Tigo increased its score by nearly 4 percentage points to catch up with its rival.
Ecuador, January 2019, Mobile Network Experience Report
Movistar won our 4G Availability award with a score of 64%, meaning our users on its network were able to achieve an LTE signal nearly two-thirds of the time.
Brazil, January 2019, Mobile Network Experience
The reach of LTE signals continues to expand in Brazil as more of our users were able to find a 4G connection more often than in our last reporting period.
USA, January 2019, Mobile Network Experience
For the last two years T-Mobile has been the dominant operator for mobile network experience across our metrics, winning most of our speed and availability awards in OpenSignal's last three reports.
What’s in store for mobile in 2019? Opensignal’s predictions for the coming year
It’s been a <a href="https://opensignal.com/blog/2018/12/20/opensignals-12-days-of-christmas-a-review-of-2018/">pretty busy year</a> here at Opensignal.
Costa Rica, Diciembre 2018, El estado de las redes móviles
Las elevadas velocidades de descarga de Kölbi no muestran signos de disminuir.
