{"id":160880,"date":"2016-04-20T16:01:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T14:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=160880"},"modified":"2016-04-20T16:02:09","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T14:02:09","slug":"how-cell-c-showed-a-massive-network-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/160880-how-cell-c-showed-a-massive-network-improvement.html","title":{"rendered":"How Cell C showed a massive network improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cell C\u2019s network has shown a massive improvement over the last year<\/a><\/strong>, which is a result of a big investment from the company.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband\u2019s latest network tests<\/strong><\/a> showed that Cell C\u2019s average download speed in Gauteng improved from 4Mbps to 19Mbps. Upload speeds increased from 2.6Mbps to 8.9Mbps.<\/p>\n

Cell C\u2019s network reliability and LTE coverage were also much better than before, as illustrated by the company outperforming Vodacom, MTN, and Telkom in a drive test in Gauteng<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

How Cell C improved its network<\/h3>\n

Cell C completed a RAN Swap project in November 2015, where equipment was standardized on close to 2,300 sites across the country.<\/p>\n

The project has improved the stability of the network, said Cell C.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccording to our own metrics, as well as customer feedback, these enhancements have increased quality on our network significantly.\u201d<\/p>\n

The improved performance is also thanks to Cell C\u2019s roll-out of LTE across major South African cities, which it said is progressing well.<\/p>\n

Cell C currently has a 1,652 LTE sites on air, with close to 700 additional LTE sites going live by May.<\/p>\n

Cell C said its network investment continues, and additional 3G roll-out as well as optimisation and performance improvements are ongoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the next few months, Cell C will turn its optimisation focus onto the KwaZulu-Natal region to bring the customer network experience to the same level as in Gauteng and the Western Cape,\u201d said Cell C.<\/p>\n

Cell C said similar network improvement projects are also underway in smaller regions.<\/p>\n

More on mobile networks<\/h3>\n

MyBroadband War Drive: Vodacom vs MTN vs Cell C vs Telkom \u2013 the winner is clear<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

South African mobile networks tested at 120km\/h on the N1<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Gauteng LTE challenge \u2013 get ready to be impressed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cell C\u2019s network has shown a big improvement over the last year – here is how the company upped its game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":139702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[355,35,2490,36432],"class_list":["post-160880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-lte","tag-network-improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160880"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160988,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160880\/revisions\/160988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}