{"id":631931,"date":"2022-10-06T09:49:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T07:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=631931"},"modified":"2022-10-06T09:49:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T07:49:42","slug":"the-best-and-worst-mobile-networks-in-south-africa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/631931\/the-best-and-worst-mobile-networks-in-south-africa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst mobile networks in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband Insights has published its Q3 2022 Mobile Network Quality Report, detailing the best and worst mobile networks in South Africa right now.<\/p>\n

The MyBroadband Network Quality Report is based on results from MyBroadband\u2019s Speed Test App, which were recorded between 1 July 2022 and 30 September 2022.<\/p>\n

The download speed (60%), upload speed (20%), and latency (20%) are used to calculate a Network Quality Score. The network score is a value which shows the relative performance of networks, with a maximum score of 10. To ensure accurate results, unnatural results are filtered out, and cell down-sampling is used.<\/p>\n

The research shows that South Africa had an average mobile download speed of 51.05 Mbps, up from 49.92Mbps recorded in the second quarter of the year.<\/p>\n

The country has an average upload speed of 15.12Mbps, up from 14.84Mbps.<\/p>\n

MTN had the highest average download speed at 83.97Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 52.22Mbps, Telkom at 30.10Mbps, Cell C at 28.21Mbps and Rain on 15.13Mbps.<\/p>\n

MTN was found to have the best network nationally, as well in local tests – including in main centres like Johannesburg, Tshwane, Cape Town and Durban, as well as in Bloemfontein and Gqeberha.<\/p>\n

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South Africa’s mobile sector is in the midst of a potential shake-up with MTN courting Telkom’s mobile operations – while Rain has made a proposal to be acquired by Telkom.<\/p>\n

MTN advised its shareholders that it entered into discussions to acquire the entire issued share capital of Telkom in return for shares or a combination of cash and shares back in July<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This led to a flurry of interest in the state-owned telco, which saw an unsolicited informal bid come from Rain – which was subsequently withdrawn – as well as interest from investment firm Toto Consortium.<\/p>\n

In September, Telkom issued a statement on the Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) notifying shareholders that it received a formal proposal from Rain for the Telkom Group to acquire the data network for newly issued shares in Telkom.<\/p>\n

This prompted a response from MTN<\/a>, which alluded to the tie-up between MTN and Telkom being in jeopardy over the bid.<\/p>\n

The deal between MTN and Telkom would create the biggest South African mobile-phone operator by the number of subscribers, noted Bloomberg. The move faces antitrust hurdles as it would create an effective duopoly, a challenge Rain said would not be an issue under its plan.<\/p>\n

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