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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African smartphone users see a diverse mobile experience across the continent
In this analysis, Opensignal looks at the experience of smartphone users across the 15 markets in Africa with the highest numbers of unique mobile subscribers, according to GSMA Intelligence. Opensignal users in South Africa enjoy the fastest download speeds and the most consistent quality of mobile services in Africa, while also connecting to 4G and 5G services for the highest proportion of time. Meanwhile, Morocco leads for Upload Speed Experience, Games Experience, and Voice App Experience.
Sri Lanka, July 2023, Mobile Network Experience
Opensignal’s latest analysis of Sri Lanka shows that Dialog remains the operator to beat when it comes to users’ mobile network experience.
Rakuten’s improving experience is increasing competitive pressure in Japan
Opensignal analyzes how Rakuten’s mobile experience has changed since launch, how widely Rakuten’s network is available, and how Rakuten’s mobile experience has changed and how close it now is to its three established competitors: NTT docomo, KDDI au and SoftBank.
Over 8% of smartphone users in New Zealand see average download speeds below 10Mbps
In this Opensignal analysis, we segment our users in New Zealand based on the quality of their mobile experience on three measures: Download Speed, Time with no signal and Video Experience. This highlights the significant minority of smartphone users that have a much worse experience than the average.
Users see a better mobile experience in Australia’s Women’s World Cup stadiums than the Australian average
In this analysis, Opensignal looks at the mobile network experience across the Australian stadiums where the Women’s World Cup matches are taking place. We compare it against the national experience and also see which operators are kicking the ball straight into the back of the net.
Arrival of eSIM is altering how consumers interact with operators
The switch from a physical SIM card to electronic, threatens to alter how consumers switch operators and will cause operators to adopt new tactics to retain and acquire users. Opensignal’s new analysis shows there is a large increase in the proportion of users switching their operator among those who use an eSIM across seven analyzed markets – Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the U.K. and in the U.S.
Experiência com redes móveis: Brasil, Julho de 2023
No último relatório da Experiência em Redes Móveis no Brasil da Opensignal, adicionamos um novo prêmio que quantifica a consistência da experiência nas três redes nacionais do país – Qualidade Consistente, que substitui os prêmios Qualidade Excelente Consistente e Qualidade Central Consistente, vistos nos relatórios anteriores.
