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The Changing US 5G Experience

Posted: Dec 03, 2020

5G is evolving fast in the U.S. In just a few months, the 5G experience we saw has changed dramatically on each carrier. And, while progress has boosted many 5G measures, in other 5G categories we see big drops.

Understanding 5G Availability in US Cities

Posted: Nov 24, 2020

The 5G market continues to change rapidly in the U.S. as carriers increase the reach of their 5G services or deploy new types of 5G spectrum to improve capacity.

Mobile experience helps explain why Italians are churning from the big brands

Posted: Nov 11, 2020

Opensignal has analyzed mobile subscriber churn in Italy and found that our users who changed their mobile operator on average had a worse mobile experience before they switched compared to the typical experience on their original network. Also, our data shows that, while the main brands of TIM, Vodafone and WindTre are losing smartphone users, their respective lower-cost brands — Kena Mobile, ho. and Very Mobile — are gaining users.

The 5G Experience in South Korea’s Cities

Posted: Oct 29, 2020

For the first time, Opensignal has analyzed the experience of our 5G users across the three largest cities in South Korea, comparing the results on each major mobile operator. For each of the 5G measures, we have looked at the average real-world experience of our users, which makes the extremely high speeds we have seen even more impressive. Previously, we’ve seen South Korean users’ average 5G speeds were 5.6 times faster than 4G speeds.

Analyzing mobile data consumption and experience during the COVID-19 pandemic

Posted: Oct 05, 2020

Opensignal’s data shows that short-term variations in average mobile data consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic correlated with variations in our users’ average Download Speed Experience across multiple countries. In part, this is because other ways of improving capacity such as additional wireless spectrum, could not be brought into use quickly in most countries to help with changed mobile usage.

Broadband snapshots: Singapore

Posted: Sep 11, 2020

Opensignal looked at Singapore’s broadband market and analyzed our users’ real-world experience when they connected using a selection of the country’s major Internet Service Providers (ISPs).