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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モバイル・ネットワーク・エクスペリエンス:日本 2024 年 10 月
auは、すべてのカテゴリーの中で10の圧勝と3の共同受賞を獲得しました。これは、auがこれほど多くの賞を受賞した初めてのことであり、日本の競争環境の変化を示しています。楽天モバイルは、3つのスピード賞を保持している一方で、NTTドコモはカバレッジ部門で圧勝2つと共同受賞1つを獲得しています。
Nicaragua, October 2024, Mobile Network Experience
Tigo keeps hold of its outright win for Coverage Experience, while Claro takes home first place for Reliability Experience.
Analyzing the consistency of mobile experience across European operator groups
For the first time, Opensignal has analyzed the mobile experience across operator groups in Western and Central Europe, focusing on Consistent Quality (CQ). We have focused on six groups: A1 Group, Deutsche Telekom Group, Orange Group, PPF Group, United Group and Vodafone Group.
Croatia, October 2024, Mobile Network Experience
Telemach dominates our latest mobile network experience report on Croatia, winning seven awards outright and three jointly. HT (Hrvatski Telekom) has the next largest haul with four sole victories and three joint wins.
Australia, October 2024, Mobile Network Experience
Optus is the sole or joint winner of 8 of the 13 awards including Consistent Quality. Vodafone is the sole or joint winner on 6 of the 13 including download and upload speed. Telstra is the sole winner of both coverage experience awards.
Mobile experience worsens during busy hours in the U.S.’s largest airports
In this report, we look at how heavy mobile network traffic at the five busiest U.S. airports can affect our users’ experience throughout the day — using reduction in average download speed as an indicator of congestion.
Japan, October 2024, Mobile Network Experience
Au wins 10 awards outright and three jointly across all categories. This is the first time au wins so many awards, indicating a change in Japan’s competitive landscape. Rakuten Mobile retains three of its speed awards.
