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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Hanging onto the fading signal — the challenges of sunsetting 3G networks in New Zealand
Opensignal has analyzed the scale of how widely 3G services are still used in New Zealand several months before the planned switch-offs — and what the implications of 3G sunsets could be.
USA, Fixed Broadband Experience, May 2025
This report focuses on national brand perception in the U.S. looking at five key measures of the broadband user experience: Download Speed, Upload Speed, Consistent Quality, Video Experience and Reliability Experience.
Survival of the biggest: Europe’s mobile operators’ push for consolidation
In this blog, Sam Fenwick discusses the recent chatter around mobile market consolidation in Europe, looking at the causes and the key drivers.
Our NTT docomo users see the most resilient network experience in rural parts of Japan
Opensignal has explored the experience of our Japanese users in Q4 2024 and Q1 2025 across several key metrics to quantify the scale of the rural-urban gap in mobile experience.
NTTドコモのユーザーは、日本の地方で最もレジリエンスなネットワーク・エクスペリエンスをしています。
Opensignalは、モバイル・エクスペリエンスにおける地方と都市部の格差の規模を定量化するために、いくつかの主要な指標にわたって、2024年第4四半期と2025年第1四半期における日本のユーザー・エクスペリエンスの分析をしました。
Bahrain, May 2025, Mobile Network Experience
In this Bahraini mobile network experience report, Batelco can’t be beat for download speeds, stc retains the Reliability Experience award and the most consistent experience is once again with Zain.
Finland, May 2025, Mobile Network Experience
DNA is the most awarded operator, as it wins or jointly wins 12 out of 14 awards. DNA also earns the title of Best Network as it wins Download Speed Experience and Consistent Quality outright, while also being a joint winner for Availability.
