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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The State of LTE (November 2016)
LTE continues its march across the world, not just expanding to new countries but also gaining in strength in regions the technology already calls home.
Costa Rica, November 2016, State of Mobile Networks
Movistar continues to dominate our 3G and 4G metrics, winning all of OpenSignal's speed, availability and latency awards.
UK, October 2016, State of Mobile Networks
Though EE tied with 3 for fastest LTE performance in our last report, our speed measurements show the mega-operator now has the lead.
Mexico, October 2016, State of Mobile Networks
OpenSignal measured average LTE download speeds on Telcel's LTE network at 23.3 Mbps.
Chile, September 2016, State of Mobile Networks
Both our availability prizes were shared by Movistar and WOM.
USA, August 2016, State of Mobile Networks
It was a close contest, but T-Mobile walked away with OpenSignal's award for fastest LTE speeds, averaging 16.3 Mbps in our summer download tests.
Global State of Mobile Networks (August 2016)
LTE may be the technology du jour, but 4G can only tell us so much about a country's overall mobile networking progress.
