USA, May 2026, Fixed Broadband Experience MSA View
Looking at broadband experience in the 50 largest Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the U.S., AT&T's and Verizon's fiber perform strongly in the cities where they are present. Cable operators, as well as regional providers, also show strong local performances.
Feb 2026
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2026
Opensignal sheds light on the difference in the experience seen by our users on different operators across the globe — to better inform users, operators and regulators.
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5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2021
Now for the first time Opensignal ranks the world's 5G operators using our leading measures of the real-world mobile network experience.
Benchmarking the Global 5G Experience — September 2021
With the autumn smartphone upgrade cycle about to start, with the recent launch of new Samsung foldable models and the new iPhone, many mobile users will be considering purchasing their first 5G phone. Opensignal has again looked at the 5G experience to see how it compares globally
How the 5G experience compares across 50 states and 250 US cities
Opensignal has analyzed smartphone users’ 5G mobile experience across all 50 U.S. states and as many as 250 cities. We found that 5G varied significantly across U.S. geographies, with our 5G users on the East Coast generally having a better 5G experience, followed by users on the West Coast and in the Great Lakes region.
Mobile download speed recovery stories vary in markets around the world
To understand what the new normal looks like for mobile experience, Opensignal is updating our previous analysis of the impact of the pandemic and changed user behavior on the mobile experience with new data.
USA, July 2021, Mobile Network Experience
Despite all three national service providers in the U.S. having launched nationwide 5G services, smartphone users still spend the majority of their time connected to older network technologies, rather than 5G. In our new USA 5G User Experience report, where we delve deeper into seven categories of the 5G mobile experience, we found that our 5G users spent the highest amount of time connected to 5G services on T-Mobile at 36.3%.
USA, July 2021, 5G User Experience
While there are some new 5G winners in this report, overall Opensignal’s awards table has seen few changes since our previous 5G report. T-Mobile maintains a clear edge on our two measures of a network’s extent — 5G Availability and 5G Reach — as well as a firm lead on 5G Download Speed and 5G Upload Speed.
Quantifying the mmWave 5G experience in the US — July update
Opensignal analyzed the U.S. mobile experience on mmWave 5G, a subset of 5G experience which is significantly different to other types of 5G services. We found the fastest average mmWave 5G download speed of 618.4 Mbps using Verizon.
