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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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.
Brazil, July 2023, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal's latest Brazil Mobile Network Experience report, TIM collects the most awards this time around, as it wins six awards outright and one jointly. Claro wins five awards outright and Vivo remains the sole winner of both 5G speed awards.
Spain, July 2023, Mobile Network Experience
A quick look at Opensignal's results and it's clear that Movistar is the operator to beat when it comes to the mobile network experience in Spain. This time, Movistar has achieved an incredible feat by placing top in 12 out of 13 award categories
