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Malaysia, September 2021, Mobile Network Experience

By Sam Fenwick, September 2021

Our latest look at the Malaysian mobile network experience reveals fierce competition for Opensignal’s awards. This time, four national operators each have won one award outright; while Maxis has retaken both the Video Experience and Games Experience awards, U Mobile tops Voice App Experience and Upload Speed Experience.

5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2021

By Hardik Khatri, September 2021

Now for the first time Opensignal ranks the world's 5G operators using our leading measures of the real-world mobile network experience.

Mobile download speed recovery stories vary in markets around the world

By Robert Wyrzykowski, August 2021

To understand what the new normal looks like for mobile experience, Opensignal is updating our previous analysis of the impact of the pandemic and changed user behavior on the mobile experience with new data.

How to accelerate Malaysia’s 3G switch-off to help 5G rollout

By Hardik Khatri, July 2021

While Malaysian mobile operators are trying to achieve nationwide retirement of 3G networks by the end of 2021, there are still users who rely on 3G, which could make it harder for Malaysian operators to switch off legacy 3G networks and improve users’ mobile experience as there is a risk of digital exclusion.

Quantifying the Impact of 5G and COVID-19 on Mobile Data Consumption

By Francesco Rizzato, Ian Fogg, June 2021

Opensignal has analyzed data consumption in 20 leading 5G markets and discovered the extent to which 5G users are consuming more data than their 4G peers. We have also analyzed overall data consumption in 65 markets.

The State of Group Video Calling Experience – Asia Pacific

By Robert Wyrzykowski, May 2021

Opensignal looked at 21 markets in our first Group Video Calling Experience analysis in the APAC region. Our users experienced the most seamless video conferencing on mobile devices in Japan and Singapore.

Malaysia’s mobile data consumption surge in 2020 dwarfed that of neighbouring countries

By Robert Wyrzykowski, May 2021

According to Opensignal’s comparative analysis of trends of mobile data consumption recorded by smartphone users in Southeast Asia, Malaysia showed a remarkable increase in mobile data usage between January 2020 and February 2021 - higher than other countries in the region.