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South Africans who want to move to a new mobile network – MTN vs Vodacom

 ·19 Jul 2022

BusinessTech’s 2022 Readership Survey has revealed which mobile networks BusinessTech readers use for their smartphones – and which networks they are thinking of moving to.

BusinessTech is the largest business publication in South Africa – read by C-level executives, business owners, company directors, managers, and professionals every day.

The 2022 Readership Survey was conducted in July, and was completed by 2,684 BusinessTech readers.

93% of these readers are a purchasing decision maker or influencer in their household, providing excellent insight into what South African consumers think of the country’s top brands.

Which mobile network do you use for your smartphone?

Looking at the Mobile Networks section of the survey, Vodacom is the most popular network among BusinessTech readers.

It is followed by MTN in second, and Telkom in third.

The graph below shows the results of the question: Which mobile network do you use for your smartphone?

Are you thinking of moving to a different mobile network?

Readers were then asked if they were thinking of moving to a different mobile network.

Just under 20% said they were thinking of moving networks.

The graph below shows the results of the question: Are you thinking of moving to a different mobile network?

Which mobile network are you thinking of moving to?

The readers who are thinking of moving to a different mobile network were then asked which network they would move to.

MTN took first place here, followed by Vodacom and Telkom.

It is also interesting to note that Rain beat Cell C in this question.

The graph below shows which mobile network these readers are thinking of moving to:

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The BusinessTech Readership Survey: Mobile Networks report is available for free to professionals working in the telecommunications industry.

To receive the report, please mail Kevin Lancaster on [email protected]

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