{"id":414401,"date":"2020-07-08T08:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=414401"},"modified":"2020-07-08T08:25:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T06:25:31","slug":"the-best-mobile-network-in-south-africa-during-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/414401\/the-best-mobile-network-in-south-africa-during-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The best mobile network in South Africa during lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband Insights has released its Q2 2020 Mobile Network Quality Report, showing that MTN had the best mobile network in South Africa during the lockdown.<\/p>\n

The report is based on 278,890 speed tests which were performed by thousands of MyBroadband Speed Test App users across South Africa between 1 April and 30 June 2020.<\/p>\n

The research shows that South Africa had an average mobile download speed of 27.13Mbps and an average upload speed of 10.53Mbps.<\/p>\n

MTN had the highest average download speed at 52.28Mbps, followed by Vodacom on 29.08Mbps, Telkom on 20.16Mbps, Cell C on 17.62Mbps and Rain on 10.64Mbps.<\/p>\n

During the lockdown there was pressure on mobile networks to maintain good service levels amidst the increased demand for data, MyBroadband Insights said.<\/p>\n

“The higher data traffic, which increased by up to 50% during lockdown, would typically result in a decrease in network speeds. This was not the case, thanks to temporary spectrum issued to mobile operators during the lockdown.<\/p>\n

“This temporary spectrum, issued to operators by ICASA in April, has helped mobile networks to maintain and even exceed their average speeds during the lockdown,” it said.<\/p>\n

There was one exception \u2013 Rain. The average download speed on Rain\u2019s network declined significantly during the lockdown despite receiving additional spectrum, MyBroadband Insights said.<\/p>\n

The reason is that the frequencies which ICASA allocated to Rain were not what they asked for and were not suitable for rapid deployment with their current radios.<\/p>\n

This means Rain has to procure new radios to use the new spectrum \u2013 a process which they are currently busy with.<\/p>\n

Best mobile network in South Africa<\/strong><\/p>\n

To determine the best mobile network in South Africa, a \u201cNetwork Quality Score\u201d was calculated for each network using download speed, upload speed, and latency.<\/p>\n

The Network Quality Score out of 10 then shows how the network performed in relation to other networks.<\/p>\n

MTN reigned supreme with a Network Quality Score of 9.94, followed by Vodacom on 6.17, Telkom on 4.81, Cell C on 4.51, and Rain on 4.24.<\/p>\n

The table below provides an overview of the mobile network rankings in South Africa.<\/p>\n

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