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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.

South Africa, August 2020, Mobile Network Experience

By Francesco Rizzato, August 2020

A quick glance at our awards table shows that MTN and Vodacom are still the two main players in South Africa’s mobile experience landscape, while Telkom and Cell C haven’t made an appearance in the table, yet.

South Africa, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience

By Francesco Rizzato, March 2020

MTN is now the leader in our Video Experience measurements scoring 72.0 points, which means the operator falls within the Very Good category (65-75).

The State of Mobile Video Experience 2019

By David Nedescu, Ian Fogg, Sue Marek, November 2019

In one year mobile Video Experience has significantly improved in 59% of 100 countries analyzed. But the U.S. is lagging behind on mobile video as carriers face a spectrum crunch. Uniquely, Opensignal tests mobile video streaming at scale and does not estimate video experience based on speed tests or other indirect measurements.

The State of Mobile Voice App Experience

By Hardik Khatri, Peter Boyland, October 2019

Voice apps offer flexibility across a number of devices and networks, and have soared in popularity as smartphones become more and more ubiquitous.But what's the mobile user experience like on these voice apps
on today's mobile networks?

South Africa, August 2019, Mobile Network Experience

By Peter Boyland, August 2019

MTN remains the leader in our 4G Availability measurements, with a score of 83.6%.

South Africa leads the continent in mobile network experience

By Peter Boyland, July 2019

<p dir="ltr">Opensignal&#39;s recent <a href="https://cdn.opensignal.com/public/data/reports/global/data-2019-05/the_state_of_mobile_experience_may_2019_0.pdf">State of Mobile Network Experience report</a> ranked 87 of the world&#39;s mobile nations across our key metrics, with the usual suspects &ndash; Canada, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, and South Korea &ndash; topping our global rankings.