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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Mobile network experience at Japan’s main airports surpasses the national average
In this Opensignal analysis we looked at the mobile experience of our users across 23 main airports in Japan. We compared their aggregated scores to the national results and also looked at how each of the four Japanese operators fares around the airports.
モバイル・ネットワーク・エクスペリエンス:日本 2024年4月
Opensignalによる最新の「日本モバイル・ネットワーク・エクスペリエンス」には、数多くの変化が見られます。楽天モバイルはソフトバンクに賞の数で追いつき、両社はそれぞれ単独または共同で7つの賞を受賞しました。しかし、楽天モバイルは5勝であるのに対し、ソフトバンクは4勝となっています。au は4つの共同受賞とともに、「ダウンロード・スピード・エクスペリエンス」賞を獲得しました。NTTドコモは、カバレッジ２つの賞を堅守しました。
Mexico, April 2024, Fixed Broadband Experience
Totalplay leads Mexico's broadband market in four out of five reported metrics, but most impressively it is leading in Consistent Quality with a 76.6% score, with a significant 10-point lead over its nearest competitors.
Mobile networks in APAC were resilient during Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concerts
In this analysis, we show how well mobile networks withstood the surge in usage triggered by Taylor Swift's recent The Eras Tour concerts in Asia Pacific, additionally looking at the operator level performance in Singapore.
Will 5G Advanced deliver on the 5G promise?
Sylwia leads Opensignal’s Analysis team, responsible for developing data-driven insights and analyses. She was recently invited to moderate a session at the 5G Blitz Week, where industry experts convened to explore a pivotal question: Can 5G Advanced deliver on the 5G promise?
5G speeds and 5G Availability increase across the Brazilian regions
Looking at the recent year-on-year changes in 5G speeds and 5G signal availability in Brazil and across its states, we observe steady improvements in the mobile network experience nationally and a more varied scale of increases at a regional or city level.
Connectivity is high in the UAE’s industrial zones
In this analysis, we have used our Emirati mobile users’ connectivity experience in industrial zones to benchmark potential IoT device experience.
