{"id":781763,"date":"2024-07-10T09:07:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=781763"},"modified":"2024-07-10T09:07:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T07:07:50","slug":"the-best-mobile-network-in-south-africa-mtn-vs-vodacom-vs-telkom-vs-cell-c-vs-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/781763\/the-best-mobile-network-in-south-africa-mtn-vs-vodacom-vs-telkom-vs-cell-c-vs-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"The best mobile network in South Africa: MTN vs Vodacom vs Telkom vs Cell C vs Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MyBroadband Insights has published its Q2 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 288,210 speed tests performed by 7,092 mobile data users across South Africa between 1 April 2024 and 30 June 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 South Africa’s average mobile download speed was 70.41 Mbps, up from 62.27 Mbps a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average upload speed was 15.94 Mbps, an increase from 14.88 Mbps over the same period in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN had the highest average download speed at 83.08 Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 79.70 Mbps, Cell C at 54.50 Mbps, and Telkom at 32.29 Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rain had the worst performance, with an average download speed of 21.31 Mbps. It was well below the national average and out of sync with the rest of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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MTN\u2019s strong network performance is expected. For the past decade, it has invested R10 billion annually in its network infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Although Vodacom ranked second in overall network performance behind MTN, it achieved the highest 5G speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vodacom is aggressively expanding its 5G network across South Africa, and the latest results showed the impact of its investment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest report also highlights Cell C\u2019s improvement. Its download speed improved from 38.63 Mbps in Q2 2023 to 54.50 Mbps in Q2 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This improvement is closely linked to Cell C\u2019s migration to MTN\u2019s network and optimisation of its virtual network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This migration and optimisation helped Cell C cement its position ahead of Telkom and Rain regarding network performance.<\/p>\n\n\n

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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 9.87, followed by Vodacom at 8.85, Cell C at 6.83, Telkom at 4.91, and Rain at 4.48.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Read: Data price comparison: Vodacom vs MTN vs Telkom and more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband Insights has published its Q2 2024 Mobile Network Quality Report, showing the best mobile networks in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":781788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[42,26,28,11939,65,27],"class_list":["post-781763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-mtn","tag-rain","tag-telkom","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781763","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=781763"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":781789,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781763\/revisions\/781789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}