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 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: Apr 21, 2022
The 2021/2022 National Hockey League (NHL) regular season is the first full season with widely available 5G services from all national mobile operators across Canada and the U.S., and also with fans being admitted to arenas following the easing of pandemic restrictions.
Posted: Apr 12, 2021
Opensignal’s latest analysis of New Zealand’s mobile experience reveals notable disparities in our users’ experience between urban and rural areas on three major operators: Spark, 2degrees and Vodafone. However, the rural experience is clearly improving, likely as a result of government and operator efforts. But 5G threatens to complicate the rural-urban picture further, unless both government and operators use 5G to further boost the rural experience.
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: Dec 07, 2020
Recently, the Government of Malaysia announced a multi-billion dollar national digital infrastructure plan, Jalinan Digital Negara (JENDELA), to improve the country’s digital infrastructure and connectivity. As a part of this approach, the initiative will work to strengthen existing 4G networks and establish a solid foundation for 5G.
Posted: Dec 03, 2019
In our recent analyses of global mobile networks, we've seen a pretty wide range of user experiences across Europe. This is to be expected, since the continent is home to some of the most advanced mobile markets in the world, as well as some nations that are still moving towards mobile maturity.
Posted: Oct 31, 2019
Opensignal has analyzed the experience of our users across Singtel group’s mobile operator subsidiaries and regional associates — where Singtel owns a proportion of the company — to see how they differ in Download Speed, Voice App and Video Experience.
Posted: Mar 21, 2019
The exact origins of the name Eindhoven have somewhat been lost in the annals of history. But the popular theory goes that the city name is derived from a contraction of the regional words “eind” (meaning last) and “hove” (meaning yard or ground). But Eindhoven is very far from last place when it comes to mobile Video Experience.
Posted: Nov 13, 2018
OpenSignal's recent report on the South Africa mobile market showed something of a two-horse race. While Vodacom dominated our awards table, taking six out of seven of our mobile experience crowns, MTN won our coveted 4G availability award and came a close second in almost all our other categories. But in our new video experience analysis, MTN didn't have to settle for second in the awards table: it scored a narrow win over Vodacom in our overall video experience measurements.
