MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa, according to the insights from MyBroadband’s 2025 Mobile Network Quality Report<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The findings are based on 1.3 million speed tests conducted by mobile users across South Africa in 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The testing included a combination of crowdsourced data and dedicated drive tests, which provide a comprehensive assessment of mobile network performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As part of the drive testing, MyBroadband Insights travelled over 70,000 km and tested networks across South Africa’s major cities, towns, and roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Testing was then performed using high-end smartphones that leverage the latest technologies and mid-range devices that reflect the experience of average users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN dominated the overall network performance and consistently outperformed its competitors across the most critical metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN recorded the highest average download speed at 83.94Mbps, which was followed by Vodacom’s 67.02Mbps, Cell C’s 61.9 Mbps, Telkom’s 44.94Mbps, and Rain’s 22.13Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN was also the top-performing network in major metros, including Tshwane, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela Bay, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, and Mangaung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MyBroadband said that the strong performance is attributed to continued investment in LTE and 5G infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cell C was second place overall, ahead of Vodacom, with significantly better average upload speeds that compensated for slightly slower download speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cell C’s performance is closing in but not quite matching MTN’s, which hosts its virtual radio access network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vodacom, however, delivered the best 5G performance in the country, driven by the ongoing investment in the latest network technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To determine the best mobile network in the country, each is given a \u201cNetwork Quality Score\u201d that includes download speed, upload speed, and latency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Network Quality Score, out of 10, shows how a network performed relative to other networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN was top with a Network Quality Score of 9.96, followed by Cell C at 8.02, Vodacom at 7.69, Telkom at 6.06, and Rain at 4.38.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Extensive research from MyBroadband shows that MTN is comfortably the nation’s best mobile network. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":811767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[42,28,2931,11939,27],"class_list":["post-848519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecommunications","tag-cell-c","tag-mtn","tag-mybroadband","tag-rain","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848519","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=848519"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":848529,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848519\/revisions\/848529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Network Operator<\/strong><\/td> Download Speed (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td> Upload Speed (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td> Latency (ms)<\/strong><\/td> Network<\/strong> Quality Score<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> MTN<\/td> 83.94<\/td> 27.77<\/td> 30<\/td> 9.96<\/td><\/tr> Cell C<\/td> 61.90<\/td> 27.27<\/td> 36<\/td> 8.02<\/td><\/tr> Vodacom<\/td> 67.02<\/td> 14.28<\/td> 31<\/td> 7.69<\/td><\/tr> Telkom<\/td> 44.94<\/td> 12.10<\/td> 30<\/td> 6.06<\/td><\/tr> Rain<\/td> 22.13<\/td> 11.10<\/td> 29<\/td> 4.38<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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