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Opensignal reports and analyses are the definitive guide to understanding the true experience consumers receive on wireless networks.

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5G users on average consume up to 2.7x more mobile data compared to 4G users

By Francesco Rizzato, October 2020

Opensignal has analyzed our 5G smartphone users' average mobile data consumption in six leading 5G countries and found that in the month of September 2020, on average, they consumed up to 2.7 times more mobile data compared to 4G users.

Japan, October 2020, Mobile Network Experience

By Ian Fogg, October 2020

Earlier in 2020, Rakuten launched its own network, and as a result this is the first time we have included Rakuten in an Opensignal Japan Mobile Network Experience report.

Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2020

By Sam Fenwick, September 2020

For the very first time Opensignal is providing a comprehensive comparison of mobile network experience globally at the operator-level across five key measures of mobile network experience.

Why Rakuten’s mobile experience is set to challenge Japan and the world

By Ian Fogg, June 2020

Rakuten is a new challenger operator in Japan that launched on April 8, competing with NTT DoCoMo, KDDI’s au and SoftBank. The company’s CTO, Tareq Amin, has marketed Rakuten’s network technology approach to the mobile industry worldwide. Unlike most existing networks, the company aims to make extensive use of virtualization and containerization throughout its network as well as embrace OpenRAN in its base stations.

なぜ楽天のモバイル・エクスペリエンスが日本又は世界への課題となり得るのか

By Ian Fogg, June 2020

楽天は日本における新たなチャレンジャーとして、NTTドコモやKDDIのau、ソフトバンクの競合として、4月8日にその事業を開始させた。楽天は挑戦的な価格帯を設定している。そこには顧客が自社の無線ネットワークを使用する場合には、無制限データを提供するという「無制限プラン」も含まれている。楽天がまだ自社のネットワークを構築できておらず、KDDIのネットワークに依存しているような地域でのローミングにおいては5GBの上限を設けるものである