2.5 GHz mid-band spectrum drives T-Mobile’s 5G speeds in the US
Posted: Oct 27, 2021
The U.S. 5G experience is in the middle of a period of great change.
Posted: Oct 27, 2021
The U.S. 5G experience is in the middle of a period of great change.
Posted: Oct 14, 2021
Opensignal analyzed the mobile experience of our U.S. users when they connected to mmWave 5G networks. This analysis complements the latest USA 5G Experience Report that looks at the overall 5G mobile experience across all 5G frequency bands and all 5G users.
Posted: Sep 22, 2021
Posted: Jul 13, 2021
Opensignal previously published an analysis looking at millimetre-wave (mmWave) 5G mobile experience.
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: Feb 18, 2021
Many different kinds of 5G service are now available. Most carriers have launched an early version of 5G technology that continues to rely on the availability of 4G service and access to the legacy 4G core network. This is called non-standalone access (NSA). But for most of the planned benefits of 5G — beyond speed alone — carriers need to offer standalone access (SA) where a smartphone connects exclusively to 5G signals and uses a modern 5G core network.
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.
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.
Posted: May 20, 2020
Understanding the extent to which 5G improves the mobile experience is critical both for consumers considering upgrading to 5G and also for the mobile industry that’s planning how quickly to invest in 5G. We’ve looked at how the 5G experience compares in four leading countries — Australia, South Korea, the U.S. and the U.K. — across ten 5G operators that all launched 5G well over six months ago.
Posted: Apr 08, 2020
On Friday, March 13, the FCC’s chairman Pai launched the Keep Americans Connected Pledge calling for U.S. telecom companies to adopt additional measures and ensure Americans remain connected during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.