Jan 2024
USA, January 2024, Mobile Network Experience
In the latest U.S. Mobile Network Experience report, T-Mobile leads the award count with nine outright wins out of 15 awards available. Verizon ends with five awards claimed outright, while AT&T scores the highest for Availability.
Feb 2024
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2024
In this Opensignal’s fifth Global Awards report, we analyse the difference in the overall experience seen by our users on different operators across the globe.
Feb 2024
Opensignal data shows the scale and progression of AT&T’s February outage
On Feb 22, 2024, a nationwide, multi-hour outage disrupted mobile services for AT&T network users. Opensignal continuously detected the extent and development of the outage shortly after it began.
Feb 2024
Opensignal illustrates the correlation between outage exposure and subscriber losses
States with greater AT&T outage impact suffered greater AT&T subscriber losses.
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U.S. mobile operators are revving their engines for the F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix
Ahead of the upcoming F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, Opensignal analyzed the mobile network experience around two iconic streets in Las Vegas — the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street — to see how U.S. wireless carriers have been tuning their engines for this event.
Canada struggles in the global 5G race due to insufficient mid-band spectrum
In this new analysis, Opensignal investigates the impact of spectrum bandwidth on the 5G mobile network experience of our Canadian smartphone users, compared to that of users in other OECD markets.
5G GLOBAL MOBILE NETWORK EXPERIENCE AWARDS 2023
In the third 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards report, Opensignal once again compares operators from around the world to recognize those on which our users had the best 5G experience.
The U.S. rural-urban gap has narrowed for 5G speeds but widened for 5G Availability
While the 5G download and upload speeds gap between rural and urban areas has narrowed, 5G Availability has improved much faster in urban areas than in rural ones. A relatively low time on 5G means the impact of high 5G download speeds on overall experience is less in rural areas.
Global 5G benchmark: South Korea’s retreat on mmWave threatens its 5G leadership
South Korea’s leadership position in 5G experience is at risk as other markets deploy mmWave 5G ahead of South Korea. While South Koreans enjoy the fastest overall 5G download and upload speeds in the world, and spend the second highest time with a 5G connection — called 5G Availability — other markets are enjoying a further greater experience boost from mmWave 5G.
Users should upgrade their iPhone to have the best mobile network experience
Even current 5G iPhone users will see an experience boost from switching to a new 5G iPhone — up to 48% faster 5G speeds. iPhone 14 Plus has been more popular than the iPhone Mini in 80% of global markets analyzed. Markets vary in their preference for Pro and large screen iPhones.
U.S. highways have a better mobile network experience than the national average
In this new analysis, we examine our smartphone users’ mobile experience on America’s interstate highways to see how it differs in urban and rural areas — and how it fares against the average U.S. scores.
