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The State of Mobile Games Experience in the 5G era

By Hardik Khatri, Ian Fogg, Sam Fenwick, February 2020

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.

The State of Mobile Video Experience 2019

By David Nedescu, Ian Fogg, Sue Marek, November 2019

In one year mobile Video Experience has significantly improved in 59% of 100 countries analyzed. But the U.S. is lagging behind on mobile video as carriers face a spectrum crunch. Uniquely, Opensignal tests mobile video streaming at scale and does not estimate video experience based on speed tests or other indirect measurements.

2020 Predictions — what's in Opensignal's crystal ball for the next year?

By Peter Boyland, November 2019

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?

The State of Mobile Voice App Experience

By Hardik Khatri, Peter Boyland, October 2019

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?

5G users now experience max download speeds over 1000 Mbps in 4 countries

By Ian Fogg, September 2019

As more operators in more countries launch 5G services, Opensignal has again analyzed the maximum speed that our 5G smartphone users have experienced, updating our previous analysis of 5G maximum speeds.

How the smartphone affects Mobile Network Experience

By Ian Fogg, August 2019

All smartphones are not created equal; they vary in network capability as well as cameras and displays. To analyze the differences, Opensignal split smartphone users into three groups — low, mid and high-tier — based on a smartphone’s mobile network capabilities.

5G boosts the maximum real-world download speed by up to 2.7 times 4G users’ top speeds

By Ian Fogg, July 2019

<p dir="ltr"><span>In Opensignal&rsquo;s latest analysis of 5G, we&#39;ve looked at the maximum real-world speeds seen in eight countries which have launched 5G services.