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.
Filter Insights based on network type, content type or topic.
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.
Belgium, March 2025, Mobile Network Experience
Proximus is the most awarded operator in this report, winning 11 out of 14 awards — either jointly or outright. It now wins Games Experience outright. Orange is the sole winner of both the Reliability Experience and Consistent Quality awards. It also replaces Proximus as the outright winner of the 5G Download Speed award.
