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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Ireland, March 2025, Mobile Network Experience
3 wins the most awards and earns the title of Best Network, as it wins Reliability Experience, Consistent Quality, Download Speed Experience and Availability outright. Vodafone is top for Coverage Experience, while eir wins the 5G Availability award.
Brazilian mobile networks remain robust during this year’s Carnival
In this report we look at our users’ experience during the 2025 Carnival period in four of Brazil’s largest cities, popular for their Carnival celebration — São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador and Recife.
Canada, March 2025, Fixed Broadband Experience
Rogers remains in the lead for broadband Consistent Quality and Reliability Experience in Canada. Bell joins Rogers on the winners’ podium for overall Video Experience and retains its outright win for Upload Speed.
Switzerland, March 2025, Mobile Network Experience
Swisscom earns the title of Best Network, as it wins Download Speed Experience, Coverage Experience and Consistent Quality outright, while sharing the Reliability Experience award with Sunrise. Our Salt users observe the fastest average upload speeds in Switzerland - both overall and on 5G.
Egypt, March 2025, Mobile Network Experience
WE wins eight out of nine awards — either outright or jointly. e& egypt is the only other Egyptian operator to win an award outright, replacing WE as the sole winner of the Reliability Experience award.
山手線周辺のモバイル・ネットワーク・エクスペリエンス
昨年、Opensignalは山手線周辺のユーザーのモバイル・ネットワーク・エクスペリエンスを分析しました。その12ヶ月後、スコアがどのように変化したかを確認するため、この分析をしています。
The mobile network experience around the Yamanote line
Last year, Opensignal analyzed the mobile network experience of our users around the Yamanote line — one of the busiest metro lines in the world. We are revisiting this analysis 12 months later, to see how scores changed.
