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Understanding & measuring 5G

The promise of 5G to revolutionize the mobile industry started years before the first commercial networks even launched.

Download speeds measured in Gbps. Latencies reduced to single digit milliseconds. Bandwidths capable of serving an ever-growing mobile-first population. How much of the promise of 5G is reality now that the first commercial networks have begun rolling out?

Opensignal seeks to answer that question, using real-world 5G measurements from actual users to reality-check the hype.

We are tracking the 5G rollouts around the world and aim to be the single source of truth on the true 5G experience users receive as adoption grows in markets around the world.

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Blog Entry | No | Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudiarabia, UAE | Andrey Popov

Swisscom users had the lowest no signal time and the fastest download speeds in Swiss ski resorts

By Robert Wyrzykowski, November 2022

Ahead of the ski season, Opensignal has analyzed the mobile network experience in the 100 biggest ski resorts in Switzerland. We found that Swisscom users had the fastest overall speeds and 5G Download Speed in the ski resorts and they spent significantly less time with no signal than our Salt and Sunrise users. Also, users in resorts in the Graubünden canton enjoyed faster overall and 5G speeds than those in the Valais canton, although 5G Availability scores showed no statistically significant difference between these cantons.

Blog Entry | No | Switzerland | Robert Wyrzykowski

New 5G spectrum massively boosts Brasília’s 5G experience

By Andrey Popov, October 2022

Opensignal evaluated the effect of 5G deployments in the 3.5 GHz spectrum range in improving the mobile user experience in Brasília's capital. Users saw an increase of nearly eight fold in 5G Download Speed and a doubling of 5G Upload Speed, compared to pre-deployment period.

Blog Entry | No | Brazil | Andrey Popov

日本の交通拠点における5Gの体感:山手線と国際空港

By Robert Wyrzykowski, September 2022

日本に関するOpensignalの最新分析では、日本の国際空港や世界有数の繁華な駅を結ぶ東京の山手線など、交通量の多いエリアでの5Gモバイル・エクスペリエンスについて分析しています。

Blog Entry | No | Japan | Robert Wyrzykowski

The 5G experience in Japan’s transport hubs: Yamanote line and international airports

By Robert Wyrzykowski, September 2022

In this latest Opensignal analysis on Japan, we have analyzed the 5G mobile experience in busy high-traffic areas of Japan — across its international airports and on Tokyo’s Yamanote line, which connects some of the busiest train stations in the world.

Blog Entry | No | Japan | Robert Wyrzykowski

Verizon continues to lead in network experience at NFL stadiums

By Robert Wyrzykowski, September 2022

In this new analysis, we found that our users on Verizon’s network enjoyed the fastest 5G speeds, and the best 5G and overall gaming and voice app experience However, T-Mobile users connected to 5G services for the highest amount of time at the 30 NFL stadiums and users on T-Mobile’s network saw the highest average overall Download Speed Experience.

Blog Entry | No | USA | Robert Wyrzykowski