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.
The State of Mobile Video Experience 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.
The 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 AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon differ in their early 5G approach
There’s lots of confusion around 5G, in part because each U.S. carrier has taken a different initial approach to 5G. In this new analysis, Opensignal tested 5G in downtown areas of U.S. cities to quantify these differences in the early 5G services from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon.
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Egypt, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
When it comes to mobile network experience in Egypt, we have seen something of a two-horse race as shown by a quick look at our latest awards table. We saw a fierce competition between two operators — Vodafone and Orange — with awards split nearly equally. That said, the mobile network experience in Egypt is improving overall, but some of the greatest improvements were observed by users on the other two operators — WE and Etisalat — who also came neck-and-neck on several measures.
South Africa, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
MTN is now the leader in our Video Experience measurements scoring 72.0 points, which means the operator falls within the Very Good category (65-75).
Declining 4G Download Speeds in quarantined Italy indicate rising mobile congestion
Opensignal observed that our Italian users experienced significantly lower 4G Download Speeds during daytime in the week commencing on Monday, March 9 — following the government’s restrictions imposed on the population on March 10 as part of its response to the coronavirus crisis.
Netherlands, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Tele2 has regained the award for 4G Availability, this time winning it solo, having tied with both Vodafone and KPN in our last report — thanks to a 2.4 percentage point increase in its score since our last report.
Belgium, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Looking at our Awards Table, Proximus has snapped up five out of seven awards and it is the first Belgian operator to claim awards in our two new categories: Voice App Experience and 4G Coverage Experience.
Chile, March 2020, Mobile Network Experience
Entel became the first operator in Chile to win Opensignal’s new Voice App Experience award, which assesses the perceived quality of voice calls on communication apps such as WhatsApp, Skype or Facebook Messenger.
