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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Türkiye, December 2023, Mobile Network Experience
Turkcell wins five awards outright out of eight recognitions available. Türk Telekom turns two joint wins for Games Experience and Availability into outright victories and is also the sole recipient of Consistent Quality.
Puerto Rico, December 2023, Mobile Network Experience
T-Mobile dominates the awards table, with 12 outright wins out of 15 available. The operator again achieves a clean sweep in the overall experience section, while also retaining the majority of 5G awards. Claro wins outright two awards, while Liberty — one.
Rural-urban digital divide still poses a challenge in South Africa
Opensignal explores the substantial disparities in the mobile experience of our smartphone users between South Africa’s urban, suburban, and rural areas in this latest insight
Bolivia, November 2023, Mobile Network Experience
Entel users have the best Coverage Experience but the most consistent experience is with Tigo.
Saudi Arabia, Fixed Broadband Experience, November 2023
Our Salam users have the best or joint-best broadband experience in Saudi Arabia across all five compared metrics. Across the four analyzed cities, Salam leads outright in eight out of the 19 comparisons we have made, and ties for first place in a further five – ahead of any other compared provider analyzed.
AT&T’s and Verizon’s scores take off around the U.S. airports after 5G interference mitigations ease
Opensignal publishes a study of carriers’ results at specific U.S. airports. We also investigated the impact of carriers reducing the power-level mitigations on the C-band, combined with the roll-out of additional C-band spectrum.
Switzerland, November 2023, Mobile Network Experience
In this Opensignal report on the mobile network experience in Switzerland, Swisscom blazes ahead for Coverage Experience and all three operators win the 5G Live Video Experience award jointly.
