UK ranks last in Europe for 5G experience in Opensignal report
UK mobile networks ranked last in Europe for 5G experience in Opensignal's latest regional comparison, about a year after the Vodafone-Three merger was cleared.
TL;DR
- Opensignal's latest Europe-wide comparison placed the UK at the bottom for 5G network experience.
- The result comes about a year after the Vodafone-Three merger, which was presented as a way to improve UK 5G performance.
- The Light Reading report says the UK remains behind other European markets on measured 5G user experience.
Opensignal's latest ranking of network experience in Europe placed the UK last for 5G experience. The Light Reading report says this leaves the UK at the bottom of the regional comparison despite expectations that market consolidation would support network improvement.
The finding comes about a year after the Vodafone-Three merger. According to the report, the merger had been framed as a step that would help improve 5G in the UK, but the latest Opensignal data does not show the UK moving up the European ranking.
Light Reading's summary does not provide the full score table in the excerpt, but it states that the UK still trails other European countries in Opensignal's measures of 5G network experience. The report focuses on comparative network performance rather than eSIM-specific metrics.
Related questions
- What did Opensignal's latest Europe ranking say about UK 5G performance?
- How long after the Vodafone-Three merger did the UK remain last in Europe for 5G experience?
- Which companies were involved in the UK merger discussed in the report?
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