In the ever-expanding battle for best 5G network, T-Mobile once again stole the show, as the Uncarrier beat out AT&T and Verizon for the download speed, reach, and availability awards, according to Opensignal's latest report.

T-Mobile also holds the top spot in 5G uploads, but AT&T is closing in fast. Meanwhile, Verizon and AT&T were joint winners of the 5G Gaming Experience award, while AT&T won both the 5G Video Experience and 5G Voice App Experience awards.

Opensignal provides a lot of information on what led to last quarter's findings: T-Mobile excelled in reach, availability, download speeds, and upload speeds; the 5G Reach award went to T-Mobile for "of all locations visited by 5G users and where they connected to 5G" best. [5G Availability award, T-Mobile proved to be the winner by providing the most 5G coverage and connectivity: 33.1% of users stayed connected to 5G, compared to 20.5% for AT&T and 11.2% for Verizon.

More importantly, T-Mobile outperformed its competitors with an average download speed of 71.3 Mbps. AT&T was next with 54.9 Mbps, followed by Verizon at 47.7 Mbps. 5G Upload was a closer race, with T-Mobile leading with 15.2 Mbps, AT&T at 10 Mbps, and Verizon at 12.9 Mbps. [But T-Mobile didn't win it all; AT&T and Verizon tied for the "5G Games Experience" award, which measures latency in gaming over a cellular connection. In the 5G Video Experience, both carriers were essentially tied. T-Mobile lagged in these categories.

AT&T won the award for its hair-raising 5G voice app experience. This award "measures the quality of the experience of over-the-top (OTT) voice services (mobile voice apps such as WhatsApp, Skype, and Facebook Messenger) when users are connected to a 5G network."

T-Mobile continues to lead in most cases, but the other two may soon catch up if uncarriers don't pay attention. In the meantime, let's look forward to Opensignal's next quarterly report.