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  1. Jan

    Criminal mobile tower destruction in photos

    "This is a crisis" — Photos of MTN's battle against battery thieves MTN South Africa recently took press to visit cellphone towers that criminals had vandalised. The network operator wanted to show the impact of infrastructure theft and vandalism on its mobile network base stations and the...
  3. Jan

    MTN announces plans to go off-grid at most sites

    Goodbye Eskom — MTN going off-grid at most towers MTN South Africa CEO Charles Molapisi says they are accelerating investments in alternative power sources and expect to be completely off-grid at most sites in future. This is so that load-shedding, which leads to increased theft and vandalism...
  4. Jan

    5G coverage comparison - March 2023

    South Africa's 5G coverage — MTN vs Telkom vs Vodacom vs Rain South Africa's major mobile network operators are continually expanding their 5G networks, with the cellular technology now available through most operators in most of the country's major metros. MyBroadband asked MTN, Rain, Telkom...
  5. Jan

    How MyBroadband's new mobile network quality testing works

    MyBroadband's mobile network quality testing — how it works MyBroadband has launched a new project to conduct in-depth testing of Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom’s mobile networks across South Africa. We partnered with Analytico, Afristay, and Keysight distributor Coral-i for this mobile...
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  6. Jan

    Vodacom and MTN calling test during load-shedding

    We tested Vodacom and MTN during load-shedding and there were big problems MyBroadband has been receiving complaints about network issues relating to Vodacom and MTN during load-shedding and was able to recreate two of these issues within a single load-shedding slot. Users on MTN have...
  7. Jan

    We're doing a national mobile network quality test - including calls and data speeds

    South Africa's biggest-ever mobile network quality test kicks off MyBroadband has partnered with Analytico, Afristay, and Keysight distributor Coral-i to conduct in-depth testing of Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, and Telkom's networks across South Africa. Mobile network quality is a key consideration...
    • Jan
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  8. Jan

    MVNO test: PnP Mobile RICA and mobile app pain

    We tried using PnP Mobile — and it was a total pain Analytico recently tried setting up some PnP Mobile SIM cards for testing but could not due to problems with the operator’s RICA system. PnP Mobile is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) running on the MTN network in South Africa, which...
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  9. Jan

    Power cuts have reduced potential size of South African economy by a fifth - PIC

    Bad news for South Africa's economy Blackouts have reduced the potential size of South Africa’s economy by almost a fifth since they started being imposed around 2008, according to an energy specialist at Africa’s biggest fund manager. Outages can be expected every week this year and if the...
    • Jan
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  10. Jan

    MTN deploys 5G Standalone core in Microsoft Azure

    MTN deploys 5G Standalone core in Microsoft cloud MTN has conducted a proof of concept for a 5G Standalone core fully deployed in Microsoft Azure. It said this was a first-of-its-kind deployment. It conducted the proof of concept with all of the 5G Standalone core elements, including the...
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  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN plans to use state of disaster to source electrical engineers from other African countries

    MTN plans to use state of disaster to source electrical engineers from other African countries MTN hopes the national state of disaster over Eskom will allow it to bring in electrical engineers working in other African countries to help manage its towers during load-shedding. During the...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Court rules police's cellular contract with MTN unlawful

    Court rules police's cellular contract with MTN unlawful The High Court in Pretoria has declared the South African Police Services' R20-million-a-month contract for cellular services with MTN unlawful, Rapport reports. The court heard an application from Vodacom to have the contract reviewed...
  13. Jan

    What would happen if South Africa's electricity grid collapsed (Bloomberg)

    What happens if South Africa's electricity grid totally collapses With South Africa enduring record power outages, the government has given assurances that the electricity grid won’t be allowed to collapse. Yet increasing numbers of businesses are preparing for that very eventuality. Mining...
  14. Jan

    Fastest mobile data speed tests in South Africa at the start of 2023

    Impressive mobile data speeds in South Africa The latest research by Analytico shows that top mobile speed tests in South Africa are approaching gigabit speeds. Analytico found the three fastest tests done on each mobile network in South Africa using both Android and iOS devices.
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  15. Jan

    Best-selling smartphones in South Africa - March 2023

    South Africa's top-selling smartphone models revealed Samsung's Galaxy A series budget and mid-range smartphones dominate device sales at two of South Africa's major mobile networks and a large general goods retailer. MyBroadband asked the country's four biggest mobile networks and several...
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  16. Jan

    MTN CEO warns South Africa risks becoming a failed nation-stated

    South Africa risks becoming a failed state MTN Group CEO Ralph Mupita has warned that if South Africa does not act as a country to address the crises it faces, it risks becoming a failed nation-state. “We have time, but the time is now to act very decisively around these crisis issues that the...
  17. Jan

    MTN 2022 annual results released

    MTN reports huge profits MTN has released its annual results and reported a 42.8% increase in profit across the group from R17 billion in 2021 to R24.3 billion in 2022. In South Africa, revenue increased 3.9% from R48.7 billion to R50.6 billion, with service revenue increasing 3.6% from R39.4...
  18. Jan

    Load-shedding costs MTN R695 million in topline revenue

    How much load-shedding cost MTN Telecoms operator MTN has estimated that load-shedding cost its South African business R695 million last year. In the MTN Group annual results for 2022, South Africa's second-biggest mobile network said that operating conditions were significantly impacted by...
  19. Jan

    Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa meets with network bosses

    Minister of Electricity meets with Vodacom and MTN South Africa’s newly-minted Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, met with mobile network operators on Thursday. “This morning I met with mobile network operators to understand their energy needs, as it relates to the protections of...
    • Jan
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  20. Jan

    Top neighbourhoods for mobile broadband - March 2023

    Load-shedding crushes data speeds in South Africa's top mobile broadband neighbourhoods Analytico’s latest research shows that Bryanston, Century City and Garsfontein had the fastest mobile Internet in South Africa at the start of 2023. The results are based on 267,853 tests done on the...
    • Jan
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  21. Jan

    Vodacom finally fixes disappearing data problem on LTE — Cell C doesn't

    Data worth thousands disappearing from Cell C An investigation by Analytico has revealed that data disappears from Cell C SIMs connected to a 4G network even when mobile data is disabled. Analytico performed separate tests for disappearing airtime and data with SIMs from all four major network...
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