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5G in USA is here, but in need of fresh spectrum to thrive

By Ian Fogg, October 2019

While operators have launched commercial 5G services in a number of countries in 2019, the experience of 5G users is still extremely uneven.

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?

5G users now experience max download speeds over 1000 Mbps in 4 countries

By Ian Fogg, September 2019

As more operators in more countries launch 5G services, Opensignal has again analyzed the maximum speed that our 5G smartphone users have experienced, updating our previous analysis of 5G maximum speeds.

South Korea, June 2019, Mobile Network Experience

By Kevin Fitchard, June 2019

All three South Korean operators were able to deliver a 4G signal to our users more than 95% of the time, putting them among the global elite in 4G reach.

5G smartphone users experience 111.8 Mbps average download speed

By Ian Fogg, June 2019

<span>5G is here, but how fast is it? </span><a href="https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/south-korea-nears-5g-landmark/">In the first country to see widespread 5G adoption</a>, South Korea, Opensignal&rsquo;s analytics reveals the average download speed of 5G smartphone owners is 111.8 Mbps or 48% faster than users with comparable recent 4G flagship smartphones<sup>1</sup> and 134% higher than other 4G smartphone users.

Mobile download speeds in Seoul are 41% faster than Singapore or Sydney

By Ian Fogg, June 2019

Smartphone users in Seoul experience the fastest speeds in any of the Asia Pacific cities we analyzed. Seoul’s Download Speed Experience score of 56.3 Mbps was an astonishing 41% faster than second- placed Singapore or third-placed Sydney, and almost double that of Tokyo or Taipei.

A big gap exists between the best and worst countries for video experience in East Asia

By Kevin Fitchard, October 2018

Of all of the global regions we analyzed in our <a href="/reports/2018/09/state-of-mobile-video">State of Mobile Video report</a>, East Asia definitely had the most diverse results.