{"id":219337,"date":"2018-01-15T09:49:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-15T07:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=219337"},"modified":"2018-01-15T09:49:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T07:49:18","slug":"south-africas-best-mobile-network-vodacom-vs-mtn-vs-cell-c-vs-telkom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/219337\/south-africas-best-mobile-network-vodacom-vs-mtn-vs-cell-c-vs-telkom\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s best mobile network: Vodacom vs MTN vs Cell C vs Telkom"},"content":{"rendered":"

New data\u00a0 compiled by MyBroadband reveals that MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa, followed by Vodacom, Telkom, and Cell C.<\/p>\n

The Q4 2017 Mobile Network Quality Report is based on 113,117 speed tests which were performed by 8,250 MyBroadband Android Speed Test App users across South Africa between 1 October 2017 and 31 December 2017.<\/p>\n

Ther data showed that South Africa had an average mobile download speed of 19.29Mbps in the fourth quarter of 2017.<\/p>\n

MTN had the highest average download speed at 22.20Mbps, followed by Vodacom on 21.63Mbps and Telkom on 15.35Mbps.<\/p>\n

To determine the best mobile network in South Africa, the download speed, upload speed, and latency of each network was used.<\/p>\n

A \u201cNetwork Quality Score\u201d was calculated for each network, where the score out of 10 shows how the network performed in relation to other networks.<\/p>\n

MTN reigned supreme with a Network Quality Score of 9.98, followed by Vodacom on 9.38, Telkom on 6.72, and Cell C on 6.41.<\/p>\n

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Read: Free mobile data for South Africans may already be here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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