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Quantifying Norway’s urban-rural mobile experience divide

Posted: Apr 19, 2023

In this Opensignal analysis, we have found that our urban users in Norway see average download speeds that are over 20% faster than those observed by their rural counterparts. However, the rural-urban divide for Download Speed Experience is smaller in Norway than in neighboring countries. Moreover, there is no statistically significant difference between the Availability measured by our Norwegian users in either urban or rural locations.

Satellite services will help with no mobile signal areas in Germany

Posted: Dec 07, 2022

In the last few months, several industry players have announced plans to support satellite connectivity on smartphones. Opensignal has previously looked at how much time our users spent with no signal across 100 global markets — including regional analysis of Canada and the U.S, where Apple initially introduced its iPhone 14 emergency satellite service in November. 

Benchmarking the global 5G experience

Posted: Feb 03, 2021

5G is still near the beginning of its decade-long era. No mobile technology stands still, so we must continue to analyze the real-world experience and see how it changes and improves. Here we analyze Opensignal’s global 5G data from real mobile users to identify the leading countries and quantify their 5G mobile experience.