MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa, according to new data from MyBroadband Insights Q3 2025 Mobile Network Quality Report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The findings are based on over 300,000 speed tests conducted by mobile users across South Africa between 1 July and 30 September 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The testing included crowdsourced data and dedicated drive tests, comprehensively assessing mobile network performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the drive testing, MyBroadband Insights travelled 20,000 km and tested networks across South Africa\u2019s major cities, towns, and roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Testing was done using high-end smartphones with support for the latest technologies and mid-range devices that reflect typical users’ experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To determine the best mobile network, each network was given a \u201cNetwork Quality Score\u201d based on download speed, upload speed, and latency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Network Quality Score out of 10 then shows how a network performed compared to other networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN had the best Network Quality Score of 9.95, followed by Cell C at 7.82, Vodacom at 7.45, Telkom at 5.74, and Rain at 4.12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN consistently outperformed its competitors across the majority of metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN recorded the highest average download speed at 93.72 Mbps, bettering Vodacom at 72.2 Mbps, Cell C at 66.64 Mbps, Telkom at 46.24 Mbps, and Rain at 22.93 Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN was also the best-performing network in major metros, such as Tshwane, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela Bay, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, and Mangaung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MyBroadband Insights linked the strong performance to continued investment in infrastructure for both LTE and 5G networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cell C retained its second place overall, with better average upload speeds compensating for the slightly slower download speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cell C’s performance was driven by completing its customer migration to a virtual radio access network hosted by MTN and other optimisation strategies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vodacom had the best 5G performance in the country, which was driven by its ongoing investment in the latest network technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below provides an overview of the mobile network rankings in South Africa: <\/p>\n\n\n\n New research from MyBroadband Insights has tested the speeds of South Africa’s biggest mobile networks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":781788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[42,28,2931,11939,65,27],"class_list":["post-839916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecommunications","tag-cell-c","tag-mtn","tag-mybroadband","tag-rain","tag-telkom","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839916","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\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=839916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839917,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/839916\/revisions\/839917"}],"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=839916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=839916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=839916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}NetworkOperator<\/strong><\/td> Download Speed (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td> Upload Speed (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td> Latency (ms)<\/strong><\/td> Network Quality Score<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> MTN<\/td> 93.72<\/td> 30.02<\/td> 29<\/td> 9.95<\/td><\/tr> Cell C<\/td> 66.64<\/td> 29.00<\/td> 35<\/td> 7.82<\/td><\/tr> Vodacom<\/td> 72.20<\/td> 15.60<\/td> 32<\/td> 7.45<\/td><\/tr> Telkom<\/td> 46.24<\/td> 11.64<\/td> 28<\/td> 5.74<\/td><\/tr> Rain<\/td> 22.93<\/td> 11.08<\/td> 30<\/td> 4.12<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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