MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa, according to MyBroadband Insights’ Q2 2026 Mobile Network Quality Report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The findings are based on over 360,000 speed tests conducted by mobile phone users across South Africa during Q2 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The testing included a combination of crowdsourced data and dedicated drive tests, with MyBroadband Insights travelling 20,000km and testing networks in major cities, towns and roads. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Testing was done on high-end smartphones that use the latest technologies, as well as on mid-range devices that reflect the experience of average South African users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN was the top performer in terms of overall network performance and consistently outperformed its competitors across key metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN recorded the highest average download speed at 91.11 Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 71.13 Mbps, Cell C at 65.76 Mbps, Telkom at 52.56 Mbps, and Rain at 22.27 Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN was also the best-performing network in major metros, including Tshwane, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay, and Mangaung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MyBroadband Insights said that MTN’s strong performance is attributed to continued investment in LTE and 5G infrastructure. Cell C took second place, with its 4G performance close to MTN’s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vodacom fell from second to third place, with its strong 5G performance offsetting its\u00a0poor 4G performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To determine which mobile network is best in South Africa, each network was assigned a \u201cNetwork Quality Score\u201d out of 10 based on download, upload, and latency speeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN reigned supreme with a Network Quality Score of 9.96, followed by Cell C at 7.70, Vodacom at 7.55, Telkom at 6.05, and Rain at 4.16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MyBroadband Insights’ Q2 2026 Mobile Network Quality Report shows a clear winner in South Africa’s mobile network space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":781788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2077687627524845887","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[22314],"class_list":["post-866475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecommunications","tag-mybroadband-insights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866475","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=866475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":866477,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866475\/revisions\/866477"}],"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=866475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866475"}],"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 Quality Score<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> MTN<\/td> 91.11<\/td> 32.46<\/td> 29<\/td> 9.96<\/td><\/tr> Cell C<\/td> 65.76<\/td> 32.48<\/td> 41<\/td> 7.70<\/td><\/tr> Vodacom<\/td> 71.13<\/td> 17.27<\/td> 31<\/td> 7.55<\/td><\/tr> Telkom<\/td> 52.56<\/td> 12.14<\/td> 30<\/td> 6.05<\/td><\/tr> Rain<\/td> 22.27<\/td> 11.32<\/td> 28<\/td> 4.16<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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