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Swiss mobile roaming experience significantly differs from the domestic one

Posted: May 12, 2023

In this new analysis, Opensignal has compared the roaming experience of our smartphone users on Switzerland’s mobile networks — Salt, Sunrise, and Swisscom, over the course of 180 days starting on October 1, 2022. We looked at the quality of roaming services seen by our Swiss users traveling abroad to neighboring countries — Austria, France, Germany, and Italy. We also analyzed the experience of roamers from these markets when they use their phones on Switzerland’s networks — and how it compares to the experience of Swiss domestic users.

The rural urban divide widens with 5G rollouts in Italy

Posted: Aug 30, 2022

Italian operators first deployed their 5G commercial services in June 2019 and December 2020, while focusing their initial roll-outs mainly on densely populated urban areas, to maximize their return on investment. While this is a common global 5G approach, it comes at the potential cost of leaving rural users behind.

Lower signal strength impacts the Swiss 5G experience

Posted: May 05, 2022

In our new analysis, Opensignal has observed that our smartphone users in Switzerland experienced worse signal strength when connected to 5G networks than users in neighboring countries — Germany, France and Italy. Also, we found a link between the quality of mobile signal strength and average 5G download speeds: the worse the signal strength, the slower the speeds.

Analyzing 5G mobile experience at Serie A stadiums in Italy

Posted: Mar 29, 2022

The 2021/2022 football season is the first full season where there is widely available 5G from all four national mobile operators. In this analysis of Italian sports venues, we have analyzed our users’ 5G mobile experience on the four national operators during the 180 days starting on September 1 2021 and ending on February 27, 2022 at and around the 17 stadiums that host the 20 Italian Serie A football teams.

The Smartphone Experience Shift from 4G to 5G

Posted: Mar 15, 2022

On March 8, 2022 Apple announced a new 5G version of the iPhone SE — its cheapest iPhone — that will replace an older 4G-only SE model, first released in 2020. Notably, Apple prioritized including 5G and the modern A15 chipset over other potential enhancements such as adding Face ID or multiple rear cameras.

A great 5G experience benefits from a strong 4G foundation in Germany, Italy & the UK

Posted: Sep 01, 2021

Opensignal analyzed the impact of different amounts of 5G and 4G spectrum on the overall 5G mobile experience of our users. Perhaps surprisingly, our research shows that users in Germany, Italy and the UK saw significantly faster 5G average download speeds when they were also connected to additional amounts of 4G spectrum, through older 4G technology.

The European smartphone speed race: How Apple, OnePlus, Oppo, Samsung and Xiaomi compare

Posted: Jul 22, 2021

In this new analysis, we find that the overall speed experienced by 5G smartphones differs greatly by smartphone brand. However, across all brands we see that the overall speed for 5G devices is significantly higher compared with 4G smartphone models of the same brand. This increase highlights the importance of 5G technology to accelerate the mobile experience.

Analyzing download speeds in business locations

Posted: May 24, 2021

Business users were the first adopters of mobile phones in the 1980s and early 1990s. More recently, over the last decade the typical mobile user has been a consumer with the arrival of the modern smartphone. But mobile services have remained extremely important to business and more and more businesses have relied on mobile service to operate, especially during the many challenges of the last year.