{"id":766785,"date":"2024-04-08T12:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=766785"},"modified":"2024-04-08T12:46:51","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:46:51","slug":"the-best-and-worst-mobile-networks-in-south-africa-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/766785\/the-best-and-worst-mobile-networks-in-south-africa-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst mobile networks in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MyBroadband Insights has published the Q1 2024 Mobile Network Quality Report, which shows that MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report is based on 285,839 speed tests performed by 7,197 mobile data users across South Africa between 1 January 2024 and 31 March 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The testing included data from crowdsourced users and dedicated drive tests, ensuring a balanced and accurate representation of real-world network performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research shows that South Africa had an average mobile download speed of 66.82 Mbps and an average upload speed of 15.42 Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN had the highest average download speed at 82.48 Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 77.45 Mbps, Cell C at 39.32 Mbps, and Telkom at 30.49 Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rain had the worst performance, with an average download speed of 19.41 Mbps. It was well below the national average and out of sync with the rest of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MTN\u2019s strong network performance comes on the back of investing R10 billion into its network over the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN increased its capital expenditure in South Africa by 15% over the last year, which included upgrading infrastructure with advanced batteries and generators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These power upgrades helped MTN to ensure reliable mobile services amidst ongoing electricity problems in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While MTN reigned supreme in overall network quality, Vodacom has emerged as the best 5G network provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vodacom has focused a large part of its network investment on its 5G rollout, which helped it to top the 5G speed rankings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite Vodacom’s impressive 5G performance, MTN’s comprehensive network coverage and quality across LTE and 5G helped it to offer a superior overall service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN achieved the best performance in Cape Town, eThekwini, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, and Nelson Mandela Bay. Vodacom reigned supreme in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another noteworthy finding was that Cell C significantly improved its network performance over the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cell C\u2019s average download speed increased from 28.70 Mbps in Q1 2023 to 39.32 Mbps in Q1 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This improvement helped Cell C to overtake Telkom and rank third behind MTN and Vodacom in network quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

MTN reigned supreme with a Network Quality Score of 9.66, followed by Vodacom at 8.14, Cell C at 6.09, Telkom at 5.24, and Rain at 4.75.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Read: MTN takes a massive hit<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband Insights has published the Q1 2024 Mobile Network Quality Report, showing which mobile operator reigns supreme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":704501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-766785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766785","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=766785"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766793,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766785\/revisions\/766793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}