MTN was the top performer in all major South African cities, with one exception – Vodacom had the best network in East London.<\/p>\n
MTN also had the highest average download speed at 64.23Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 35.05Mbps, Telkom on 27.23Mbps, Cell C on 19.26Mbps and Rain on 13.07Mbps.<\/p>\n
“MTN\u2019s exceptional performance results from outspending its rivals on infrastructure investment over the past five years,” MyBroadband Insights said.<\/p>\n “Vodacom has, however, started to outspend MTN last year and is keen to regain the top spot in the network quality rankings.”<\/p>\n Increase in speed\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n MyBroadband\u2019s data shows that the average network speed of South Africa\u2019s mobile operators increased significantly in 2021 \u2013 despite higher data usage.<\/p>\n The research shows that South Africa had an average mobile download speed of 40.86Mbps and an average upload speed of 13.82Mbps last year.<\/p>\n This was partly made possible by temporary spectrum which was issued to Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, and Rain by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) during the lockdown.<\/p>\n The additional spectrum helped operators to increase their network capacity and improve their average network performance. Vodacom and MTN also launched 5G networks during the lockdown using the temporary spectrum.<\/p>\n A device analysis revealed that the peak speed of 751Mbps was achieved on a Huawei P40 Pro 5G, followed by 732Mbps on a Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G and 695Mbps on a Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/MyBroadband-insights.png\")
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