The State of Mobile Games Experience in the 5G era
With video games now the biggest form of entertainment (thanks in part to breakout games like Fortnite) and the smartphone becoming increasing the device of choice, gamers’ mobile connections have a great deal of impact on their playing experience. To quantify this, Opensignal has developed a first of a kind metric and used it to rank the world’s top 100 countries for mobile Games Experience.
2020 Predictions — what's in Opensignal's crystal ball for the next year?
In the world of telecoms, 2019 will probably be remembered as the year 5G got serious. So what can we expect from the next generation, and the rest of the mobile world, in 2020?
State of Mobile Voice App Experience
Voice apps offer flexibility across a number of devices and networks, and have soared in popularity as smartphones become more and more ubiquitous.But what's the mobile user experience like on these voice apps on today's mobile networks?
How the smartphone affects Mobile Network Experience
All smartphones are not created equal. Just as different smartphones offer a variety of camera qualities or screen sizes, they also differ in the network communication features which enable faster download speeds and smoother video streaming
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5G boosts the maximum real-world download speed by up to 2.7 times 4G users’ top speeds
In Opensignal’s latest analysis of 5G, we've looked at the maximum real-world speeds seen in eight countries which have launched 5G services.
The winner of the Opensignal Copa América hails from outside South America
In the 103-year history of the Copa América, no team outside of CONMEBOL has won South America's most prestigious national football tournament, despite the fact that squads from other federations have been participating in the competition since the 1990s.
The State of Mobile Network Experience- Benchmarking 5G (PDF)
South Korea was the only country to score over 50 Mbps in Download Speed Experience, with the majority of countries scoring in the 10-20 Mbps range across our users. We saw a huge range of scores in this metric, with the lowest average score being less than 2 Mbps.
How 5G will solve the congestion problems of today’s 4G networks (PDF)
Across 77 countries studied, 4G Download Speeds are between 31.2 Mbps and 5.8 Mbps faster at the best hour of day compared with the slowest hour of the day.
What’s in store for mobile in 2019? Opensignal’s predictions for the coming year
It’s been a pretty busy year here at Opensignal.
The State of Wifi vs Mobile Network Experience as 5G Arrives (PDF)
In 33 countries smartphone users now experience faster average download speeds using a mobile network than using Wifi
