This year's Expo event will take place on Yumeshima Island in Osaka from April to October 2025 — and is likely to attract millions of visitors from Japan and around the world. The connectivity will matter for the world's fair's guests, as fast and reliable mobile network services will be crucial for them to stay connected around the exhibition area and in the city.
Opensignal has looked at the mobile network experience of our users around Osaka’s Konohana ward. This is the area where Yumeshima Island is located — but Konohana is also home to Universal Studios Japan theme park, which is a major draw for tourists, with countless hotels available in the ward to the world's fair and theme park visitors.
- Our SoftBank users see the fastest average overall download speeds around Konohana ward in Osaka, clocking in at 135.9Mbps.
- Rakuten comes first for Upload Speed Experience in Konohana, Osaka, with a score of 18.5Mbps.
- Our 5G users around Konohana in Osaka spend the most time connected to 5G services on SoftBank’s network, nearly 55% of the time, as SoftBank comes first for 5G Availability.
- All Japanese operators achieve 2.9-3.8 times higher 5G Availability scores in Konohana ward, compared to the national results.
- SoftBank leads for Consistent Quality with a score of 91.8% in Konohana ward, Osaka.
- Both au and SoftBank have jointly the highest score for Reliability Experience around Konohana in Osaka, with statistically-tied scores of 938-967.
Opensignal reports include main brand experience only, sub-brands are not included. However, NTT docomo's other price plans (eximo, ahamo & irumo) are included in its scores. Our metrics include all user measurements reported across all mobile technologies including when users have exceeded their data allowance — and NTT docomo’s data included 3G.
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