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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 | Switzerland | Robert Wyrzykowski

Quantifying the new 5G Enhanced services in the US

By Francesco Rizzato, July 2022

In an industry first, Opensignal has analyzed U.S. users’ mobile experience when they are connected to premium 5G services on the three U.S. carriers: AT&T’s 5G+, T-Mobile’s Ultra Capacity 5G (5G UC) and Verizon’s 5G Ultra Wideband (5G UW). For this analysis, we refer to these all of these offerings as Enhanced 5G for convenience.

Blog Entry | No | USA | Francesco Rizzato

Analyzing the mobile network experience in India’s telecom circles

By Hardik Khatri, July 2022

Like India, it's 22 designated telecom circles (licensed service areas) are also very diverse in terms of consumers’ willingness and ability to pay across the range of digital services. In this analysis, we examined the mobile network experience in these to see how they compared across different aspects of mobile network experience.

Blog Entry | No | India | Hardik Khatri

Analyzing the mobile adaptive video experience in the US

By Francesco Rizzato, July 2022

Opensignal takes its first look at our U.S. users’ mobile video experience using Adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR). We found that our users’ on Verizon’s network experienced the best 5G Adaptive video experience ahead of T-Mobile and AT&T.

Blog Entry | No | USA | Francesco Rizzato

Despite interference concerns, 5G already offers a better user experience at the busiest US airports

By Robert Wyrzykowski, June 2022

Opensignal looked at the mobile network experience of our users at the 25 busiest airports in the U.S. based on FAA reports, and compared that to national results, to see how users’ 5G mobile experience differed. Opensignal users enjoyed faster overall cellular download speeds and an overall better video streaming experience, compared to the national average. However, users also spent more time without a cellular signal at airports.

Blog Entry | No | USA | Robert Wyrzykowski

Our users in DACH markets enjoy a superior mobile network experience on 5G than on 4G

By Robert Wyrzykowski, June 2022

In this new analysis, Opensignal looked at our users’ 5G mobile network experience in DACH markets — Austria, Germany and Switzerland — across eight metrics. We observed a substantial 4G to 5G uplift across all three markets in the speed and experiential metrics.

Blog Entry | No | Austria, Germany, Switzerland | Robert Wyrzykowski