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.
Posted: May 11, 2021
In one of our previous insights, we analyzed Malaysia’s mobile data consumption and its effects on 4G Download Speed experienced by our users, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We observed a substantial boost of mobile data usage among all Malaysian operators, matched with noticeably lowering 4G download speeds.
Posted: Apr 28, 2021
In the past two years since the first commercial U.S. 5G mobile launch in April 2019, we have observed how 5G comes in several different flavors, depending on the type of frequency bands an operator uses: low-band, mid-band, millimeter-wave (mmWave) high-band 5G.
Posted: Apr 14, 2021
Opensignal has analyzed mobile subscriber churn in Indonesia 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. Moreover, all our users that we have seen switching mobile operators had a better experience on their new mobile network. Our users who left 3, Indosat, Smartfren and XL on average spent less time without a mobile signal on their new network.
Posted: Feb 24, 2021
Opensignal has analyzed the mobile experience of smartphone users who changed mobile network operators in Germany. We found that our users who changed their mobile service provider on average had a worse mobile experience before they switched compared to the typical experience on their original network.
Posted: Feb 18, 2021
Mobile operators Indosat and 3 have started negotiating a merger of their businesses. Together, the new company hopes to strengthen its position in the very competitive Indonesian market and possibly even challenge the largest player Telkomsel.
Posted: Feb 09, 2021
Opensignal has analyzed mobile subscriber churn in Singapore 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 Singapore’s fourth mobile operator — TPG — as well as the numerous MVNOs which have launched operations in recent years, have been chipping away at M1, Singtel and Starhub’s subscriber bases.
Posted: May 06, 2020
Opensignal’s latest analysis demonstrates that 5G greatly improves the real-world speeds that users experience. And, even more significantly, 5G offers faster average download speeds than Wifi in seven out of eight leading 5G countries.
Posted: Oct 29, 2019
Being an archipelago comprised of over 7,000 islands whose topography is mostly mountainous, the Philippines can pose a challenge to mobile network operators looking to expand into its rural regions. When adding to the equation a monsoon season that lasts for five months and can cause devastating disruption, it becomes clear why providing rural coverage is easier said than done.
Posted: Oct 25, 2019
On the back of the recent 2019 federal election in Canada, Opensignal analyzed our smartphone users’ experience based on the electoral results and found that users on average have a better mobile experience in the ridings/districts where the Liberal Party won its seats.
