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5G beats Public Wifi for gaming as well as speed

By Ian Fogg, May 2022

For a long time, users have assumed that Wifi always offers a superior experience to cellular connectivity, when using the Internet on mobile devices, either at home or in public places.

Blog Entry | No | Global, USA | | Ian Fogg

The Smartphone Experience Shift from 4G to 5G

By Ian Fogg, March 2022

To understand why wireless operators — and the smartphone makers that supply them — are keen to switch users from older 4G-only smartphone models to 5G capable versions, Opensignal has analyzed the real-world smartphone experience of 4G and 5G smartphones.

Blog Entry | No | Australia, Germany, Global, Italy, Southkorea, UK, USA | | Ian Fogg

Benchmarking the Global 5G Experience — March 2022

By Ian Fogg, March 2022

During 2022, 5G will start to become the mainstay of the mobile experience in many markets. In others, the 5G journey is starting, but 5G offers the promise of a significantly superior experience. Here, Opensignal's quantifies the current 5G experience.

Blog Entry | No | Albania, All Countries, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costarica, Croatia, Czechrepublic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Elsalvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Global, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hongkong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Newzealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudiarabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Southafrica, Southkorea, Spain, Srilanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, UAE, UK, Uruguay, USA, Vietnam | | Ian Fogg

5G Impact on the Global Mobile Network Experience

By Ian Fogg, February 2022

Approximately once a decade the mobile industry unveils a new network technology standard with the goal of revolutionizing users’ mobile network experience. Opensignal examines the real-world impact that 5G has had on the mobile experience by comparing 100 markets.

Report Page | No | Albania, All Countries, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costarica, Croatia, Czechrepublic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Elsalvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Global, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hongkong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Newzealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudiarabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Southafrica, Southkorea, Spain, Srilanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, UAE, UK, Uruguay, USA, Vietnam | | Ian Fogg

Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2022

By Sam Fenwick, February 2022

In the third Global Mobile Network Experience Awards report, Opensignal once again directly compares operators from around the world to recognize those on which our users had the best mobile experience.

Report Page | No | Albania, All Countries, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costarica, Croatia, Czechrepublic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Elsalvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Global, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hongkong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, Newzealand, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudiarabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Southafrica, Southkorea, Spain, Srilanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, UAE, UK, Uruguay, USA, Vietnam | | Sam Fenwick

Benchmarking the Global 5G Experience — November 2021

By Ian Fogg, November 2021

In the new international 5G benchmark we see significant changes among the global leaders.

Blog Entry | No | Global, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechrepublic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hongkong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Newzealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudiarabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Southkorea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, UK, USA | | Ian Fogg

mmWave 5G provides a big capacity boost to US users in high-traffic areas

By Francesco Rizzato, September 2021

Opensignal has analyzed the amount of mobile data our users consumed on mmWave 5G networks and compared that to the amount of mobile data used on sub-6 GHz 5G and 4G.

Blog Entry | No | Global, USA | | Francesco Rizzato