{"id":675379,"date":"2023-03-27T07:46:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T05:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=675379"},"modified":"2023-03-27T07:46:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T05:46:29","slug":"south-africas-biggest-mobile-network-quality-testing-project-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/675379\/south-africas-biggest-mobile-network-quality-testing-project-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa&#8217;s biggest mobile network quality testing project starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyBroadband has partnered with <a href=\"https:\/\/analytico.co.za\/?utm_source=MyBroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Analytico<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afristay.com\/?utm_source=MyBroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Afristay<\/strong><\/a>, and Keysight distributor <a href=\"https:\/\/coral-i.co.za\/?utm_source=MyBroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Coral-i<\/strong><\/a> to conduct in-depth testing of Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom\u2019s networks across South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile network quality is a key consideration for consumers when selecting an operator, especially with load-shedding wreaking havoc among operators.<\/p>\n<p>To determine which South African operator offers the best voice and data network quality, MyBroadband launched a new network quality testing project.<\/p>\n<p>For this project, MyBroadband partnered with three top South African companies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coral-i, a distributor of Keysight&#8217;s world-leading network testing platform.<\/li>\n<li>Afristay, one of South Africa&#8217;s largest accommodation portals, with over 20,000 holiday homes, guest houses, BnBs, and villas listed.<\/li>\n<li>Analytico, which provides market research and network intelligence insights to South African IT and telecommunications companies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This project uses Keysight&#8217;s world-leading network testing platform, Nemo, to test a range of variables using high-end Samsung devices.<\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband worked with antenna and wireless communications specialist Poynting to design its test benches and testing vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Poynting is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of cellular antennas. Professor Andre Fourie and Dr Derek Nitch assisted with the design.<\/p>\n<p>The latest mobile network quality testing project builds on previous projects focussing on data performance.<\/p>\n<p>This time around, MyBroadband will test a far more comprehensive range of network metrics, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Call success rate and call drop rate<\/li>\n<li>Call setup time average, minimum and maximum<\/li>\n<li>(Audio quality mean opinion score average, minimum and maximum) \/ (Audio quality average, minimum and maximum)<\/li>\n<li>Download speed, upload speed, and latency<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Analytico, in partnership with Coral-i, will analyse this data to rank South Africa&#8217;s mobile operators from best to worst.<\/p>\n<p>The data will also be used to compare the performance of network vendors \u2013 Huawei, Nokia, Ericsson, and ZTE \u2013 in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Voice and data network quality tests will be conducted in all major cities and towns across South Africa, which has not been done before.<\/p>\n<p>To conduct speed tests across South Africa, the testing engineers must sleep in various locations \u2013 big cities to small towns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afristay.com\/?utm_source=MyBroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Afristay<\/strong><\/a>, which has properties across South Africa and is known for its excellent service, was a great choice for MyBroadband as an accommodation partner.<\/p>\n<p>Its accommodation portal makes it easy to organise your stay, from planning where you want to spend the night to booking, arrival, and departure.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/625774\/the-best-and-worst-internet-providers-in-south-africa-according-to-customers\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The best and worst internet providers in South Africa \u2013 according to customers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyBroadband has partnered with Analytico, Afristay, and Keysight distributor Coral-i to conduct in-depth testing of Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom\u2019s networks across South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":675381,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,21],"tags":[12140,11534,42,17917,17919,28,2931,65,27],"class_list":["post-675379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","category-telecommunications","tag-afristay","tag-analytico","tag-cell-c","tag-coral-i","tag-keysight","tag-mtn","tag-mybroadband","tag-telkom","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":675409,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675379\/revisions\/675409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}