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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Mai 2023, Report zum Nutzer*innenerlebnis in Mobilfunknetzen: Deutschland
Die Telekom gewinnt mit zehn Gesamtsiegen und zwei gemeinsamen Siegen erneut die meisten Kategorien und bleibt gleichzeitig stark in den Kategorien Geschwindigkeit, Video, Konsistenz und 5G-Ausbau. Vodafone schafft es jedoch nicht nur, den Sieg für die beste 5G-Sprachqualität in Apps für sich zu beanspruchen, nachdem es einen statistischen Gleichstand mit der Telekom überwunden hat, sondern springt auch auf das Siegertreppchen beim 5G-Gaming-Erlebnis und schloss sich damit der Telekom an, die diese Kategorie beim letzten Mal gewonnen hatte.
Germany, May 2023, Mobile Network Experience
Telekom is again the most awarded operator, with 10 outright and two joint wins — remaining strong in speed, video, consistency and 5G extent categories. However, Vodafone not only manages to claim 5G Voice App Experience award all to itself, after breaking a statistical tie it was in with Telekom — but also it jumps on the winners’ podium for 5G Games Experience joining Telekom, which won the award outright last time. On top of that, Vodafone keeps a firm grip on both the overall Games Experience and Voice App Experience awards. O2 is back on the winners’ list, as it jointly wins Availability with Telekom.
Understanding 5G and Overall Coverage Worldwide
In this report Opensignal's new Coverage Experience metric provides a ranking of 5G markets, and is paired with global development data to show how geographic and economic market aspects can affect users’ experience. Alongside this, we have provided charts comparing the Coverage Experience results by operator for each market.
Usuários nas capitais do Brasil contam com velocidade de download 5G superior a 250 Mbps
Nessa nova análise, a Opensignal comparou a experiência de nossos usuários de smartphones com 5G nas 27 capitais do Brasil – a capital federal Brasília e 26 capitais estaduais. Embora nossos usuários em diferentes capitais contem com velocidades médias de download em 5G de mais de 250 Mbps, há diferenças substanciais entre as cidades, de até cerca de 150 Mbps. Também observamos grandes diferenças na velocidade de upload em 5G e na experiência com jogos em 5G nessas 27 capitais.
Users in Brazil’s state capitals enjoy 5G Download Speed exceeding 250Mbps
In this new analysis, Opensignal has compared the 5G experience of our smartphone users in Brazil’s 27 capitals — federal capital Brasília and 26 state capitals. While our users across different capitals enjoy average 5G download speeds of over 250Mbps, there are substantial differences between the cities, up to around 150Mbps. We also see large differences in 5G Upload Speed and 5G Games Experience across these 27 capitals.
الإمارات العربية المتحدة، مايو 2023، تجربة شبكة الجوال
شركة Du تفوز بجائزة تجربة ألعاب 5G، ولكن أسرع تجربة توفرها شركة اتصالات
Paraguay, May 2023, Mobile Network Experience
Claro wins the lion's share of awards, however Tigo comes first for 4g Availability and 4G Coverage Experience
