Posted: Aug 25, 2022
أصبحت تقنية الجيل الخامس (5G) في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي أهم تقنية للاتصال اللاسلكي، حيث تعمل على تعزيز التجربة في جميع أسواق دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي الستة، على الرغم من وجود اختلافات كبيرة بين هذه الدول في تجربة الهاتف المحمول.
Posted: Aug 18, 2022
Across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) 5G is rapidly becoming the most important wireless connectivity technology. 5G is boosting the experience in all six GCC markets, although there are significant differences in the mobile experience between them. In this first GCC 5G Experience Benchmark, Opensignal quantifies users’ 5G experience for mobile video streaming, multiplayer mobile gaming, voice app communication, availability, speed as well as the uplift in experience compared with older 4G services.
Posted: Aug 17, 2022
In our latest analysis, we compared the network experience of our Austrian smartphone users when they connected to mobile data services in urban and rural areas. Our study shows that users in Austria’s urban areas had significantly better mobile network experience than those in rural areas. They enjoyed faster download speeds, while also remaining connected to mobile networks for a higher amount of time. However, the differences were not always statistically significant at an operator level.
Posted: Aug 16, 2022
In this new analysis, Opensignal has analyzed the 5G Experience in 11 of the largest cities in the Asia Pacific region. 5G will eventually become a ubiquitous mobile technology and is traveling down the same path as 4G to offering national service. However, for now 5G comes into its own in urban areas where operators have sought to serve the greatest number of users quickly and have used new 5G mid-band spectrum to help relieve congestion on existing 4G networks.
Posted: Jul 28, 2022
In Opensignal’s newest analysis, we looked at the network experience of our smartphone users in Switzerland, when they connected to 4G, 5G and Wifi. Our research demonstrates that our Swiss users saw much faster download and upload speeds connected to 5G than when using Wifi or 4G. Smartphone users also enjoyed a superior video streaming experience on their mobile phones on 5G, compared to Wifi.
Posted: Jul 26, 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 all of these offerings as Enhanced 5G for convenience. These services offer a markedly better experience than 5G based on lower frequency bands, which are often reused from 4G.
Posted: Jul 21, 2022
India is a large and diverse market. In fact, it is the world's second-largest telecommunications market, with over a billion active wireless subscribers with varying purchasing power and communication needs. Likewise, India's 22 designated telecom circles (licensed service areas) are also very different in terms of consumers’ willingness and ability to pay across the range of digital services.
Posted: Jul 12, 2022
The 5G experience is improving fast in the U.S. with C-Band and 2.5 GHz spectrum increasing capacities and making higher quality video streaming possible. As a result, Opensignal takes its first look at our U.S. users’ mobile video experience using Adaptive bitrate streaming (ABR).
Posted: Jun 23, 2022
The rollout of 5G services around U.S. airports has sparked concerns in the aeronautical industry about 5G technology interfering with altimeter equipment. As a result, AT&T and Verizon have delayed deployments of their 5G infrastructure in the C-band close to airports until July 2023.
Posted: Jun 22, 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. Switzerland scores the highest in 5G Peak Download Speed Experience, 5G Upload Speed, 5G Games Experience and 5G Reach out of all of the DACH markets, while Germany lagged behind its neighbors in some categories, such as 5G Download Speed and 5G Availability.
