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#T-Mobile US#AT&T#Verizon#Opensignal#United States#Federal Communications Commission#Dish Network#FIFA World Cup

T-Mobile US won 12 of 16 Opensignal July 2026 awards

Source: mobileworldlive.comJuly 22, 2026

TL;DR: T-Mobile US won 12 of 16 categories in Opensignal’s July 2026 US network experience report, based on measurements collected from 1 April to 29 June 2026. T-Mobile led download speed at 192.5Mb/s, 5G download speed at 247.4Mb/s, upload speed at 16Mb/s, and 5G upload speed at 19.2Mb/s. Verizon won overall coverage experience with 9.7 out of 10, and AT&T led time on network at 99.6%.

T-Mobile US won 12 of 16 categories in Opensignal’s July 2026 US network experience report, which compared T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon using results collected over a 90-day period from 1 April to 29 June 2026. Opensignal said the reporting window included the FIFA World Cup and tested how operators managed congestion in stadiums and host cities.

T-Mobile led the main speed categories in the report. It won overall download speed at 192.5Mb/s, ahead of AT&T at 96Mb/s and Verizon at 89.4Mb/s. T-Mobile also won 5G download speed at 247.4Mb/s, ahead of AT&T at 223.5Mb/s and Verizon at 179.2Mb/s, and it also led upload speed at 16Mb/s and 5G upload speed at 19.2Mb/s. In reliability and consistency, T-Mobile scored 942 points for reliability experience, ahead of AT&T at 939 and Verizon at 932, and led consistent quality at 82.8%, ahead of Verizon at 80.4% and AT&T at 79.4%.

Verizon won the overall coverage experience award with 9.7 points out of 10, narrowly ahead of AT&T, while T-Mobile won 5G coverage with 8.5 points. AT&T led time on network at 99.6%, while T-Mobile led 5G Availability at 91.8%. In video and gaming, T-Mobile won video experience, live video experience, games experience, and 5G games experience, while Verizon won 5G video experience and 5G live video experience. Opensignal also noted that Verizon deployed private 5G and fixed wireless access at World Cup venues, AT&T launched its Turbo Live service in January and offered a World Cup eSIM for visiting fans, and T-Mobile introduced new Dynamic CX capabilities and promoted its T-Priority service for first responders. The report also cited the US Federal Communications Commission’s June re-auction of mid-band spectrum previously held by Dish Network as a factor that could affect future network capacity.

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