Rogers, Telus and Bell Win 5G Honours, But Miss Top Global Awards

Rogers, Telus and Bell have earned recognition in Opensignal’s latest global 5G awards, but none took the top prize in any of the seven categories measured.

Opensignal released its annual 5G Global Mobile Network Experience Awards on Wednesday, based on billions of measurements collected from user devices between January 1 and June 29, 2026.

Telus received Global Leader recognition for 5G Coverage Experience and 5G Reliability. Bell was named a Global Leader for 5G Coverage Experience, while Rogers earned Global Leader status for 5G Reliability.

That put all three Canadian carriers among the stronger networks measured by Opensignal, but behind operators that earned the higher Global Winner designation.

The top-scoring carrier in each category is named a 5G Global Winner, while the next-best operators are recognized as Global Leaders. Opensignal also names five Rising Stars based on the biggest year-over-year improvements.

Canada is part of Opensignal’s large land-area group, covering markets larger than 200,000 square kilometres.

In 5G Coverage Experience, T-Mobile in the U.S. took the Global Winner title, ahead of Canadian Global Leaders Telus and Bell.

Japan led 5G Reliability, with au and SoftBank named Global Winners. Rogers and Telus were included in the next tier of Global Leaders.

Rogers, Telus and Bell did not receive Global Winner or Global Leader recognition in several other categories.

Brazil’s Vivo won 5G Download Speed among large land-area markets, while Germany’s Telekom took the top spot for 5G Games Experience. Japan’s au won 5G Voice App Experience.

No Canadian operator was among the Global Winners for 5G Video Experience, a category dominated by carriers from Finland, Poland, Sweden and Norway.

T-Mobile in the U.S. also won the new Time on 5G category, which measures the proportion of time users with a 5G device and subscription were actively connected to 5G.

Opensignal says its awards measure real-world network experience rather than relying on controlled testing. The company evaluates seven areas for its 2026 5G awards: download speed, video, games, voice apps, reliability, coverage and Time on 5G.

The results suggest Canada’s major carriers remain competitive globally in coverage and reliability, while operators elsewhere ranked higher in areas including speed, gaming, video, voice apps and the amount of time customers actually spend connected to 5G.