South Africa, March 2023, Mobile Network Experience
We observe a two-horse race for mobile network experience awards in South Africa. Vodacom and MTN win seven and five awards outright, respectively, and both operators share two additional trophies together, out of 15 awards available. Telkom secures its only outright win for Availability.
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2023
In the fourth 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.
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South African networks see the worst 4G signal strength but fastest 4G download speeds at night
Opensignal analyzed how energy usage changes on South African networks throughout the day. We observe that South African operators use less spectrum and carrier bands at night, while the 4G signal strength is also the weakest at night.
South Africa, March 2023, Mobile Network Experience
We observe a two-horse race for mobile network experience awards in South Africa. Vodacom and MTN win seven and five awards outright, respectively, and both operators share two additional trophies together, out of 15 awards available. Telkom secures its only outright win for Availability.
The Live Video Experience in Mobile Sports, News and Game Streaming
In an industry first, Opensignal examines the Live Video Experience of mobile users across more than 100 global markets.
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2023
In the fourth 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. We have added two more measures of the mobile experience: Excellent Consistent Quality and Core Consistent Quality.
5G GLOBAL MOBILE NETWORK EXPERIENCE AWARDS 2022
In the second 5G 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 5G experience.
Sizing the satellite connectivity opportunity for smartphones
Satellite connectivity is coming to smartphones, Apple is adding Emergency SoS using satellites to the iPhone 14 range. Now, Opensignal has analyzed over 100 global markets to understand the extent of the cellular “no signal” problem that mobile users face.
South Africa, August 2022, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal's latest South Africa Mobile Network Experience report we analyze the 5G mobile experience of our users for the first time. Also, we add two awards that quantify the consistency of the experience on the country’s four national operators.