{"id":531641,"date":"2024-04-08T12:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=531641"},"modified":"2024-04-08T12:45:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T10:45:34","slug":"south-africas-best-mobile-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/531641-south-africas-best-mobile-network.html","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s best mobile network"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband Insights has released<\/a><\/strong> its Mobile Network Quality Report for the first quarter of 2024, which shows that MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The report is based on 285,839 speed tests performed by 7,197 mobile data users across South Africa between 1 January 2024 and 31 March 2024.<\/p>\n

Testing included dedicated drive tests and crowdsourced data to help ensure a balanced and accurate representation of real-world network performance.<\/p>\n

The research showed that South Africa had an average mobile download speed of 66.82 Mbps and an average upload speed of 15.42 Mbps.<\/p>\n

MTN had the highest average download speed at 82.48 Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 77.45 Mbps, Cell C at 39.32 Mbps, and Telkom at 30.49 Mbps.<\/p>\n

Rain had the worst performance, with an average download speed of 19.41 Mbps. It was well below the national average and out of sync with the rest of the industry.<\/p>\n

MTN\u2019s strong network performance follows substantial investment into its infrastructure in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The mobile operator invested R10 billion into its network over the last year and increased its capital expenditure in South Africa by 15%.<\/p>\n

This included upgrading infrastructure with batteries and generators to improve its network availability.<\/p>\n

While MTN reigned supreme in overall network quality, Vodacom has emerged as the best 5G network provider.<\/p>\n

Vodacom has focused a large part of its network investment on its 5G rollout, which helped it to top the 5G speed rankings.<\/p>\n

Despite Vodacom\u2019s impressive 5G performance, MTN\u2019s comprehensive network coverage and quality across LTE and 5G helped it to offer a superior overall service.<\/p>\n

MTN was the best-performing network in Cape Town, eThekwini, Ekurhuleni, Tshwane, and Nelson Mandela Bay. Vodacom dominated in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n

Another noteworthy finding was that Cell C significantly improved its network performance over the last year.<\/p>\n

Cell C\u2019s average download speed increased from 28.70 Mbps in Q1 2023 to 39.32 Mbps in Q1 2024.<\/p>\n

This improvement helped Cell C to overtake Telkom and rank third behind MTN and Vodacom in network quality.<\/p>\n

The following chart depicts the LTE, 5G, and overall Network Quality Scores of South Africa\u2019s mobile network operators for Q1 2024.<\/p>\n

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Best mobile network in South Africa<\/h2>\n

To determine the best mobile network in South Africa, a \u201cNetwork Quality Score\u201d was calculated for each network using download speed, upload speed, and latency.<\/p>\n

The Network Quality Score out of 10 then shows how a network performed relative to other networks.<\/p>\n

MTN achieved a Network Quality Score of 9.66, followed by Vodacom at 8.14, Cell C at 6.09, Telkom at 5.24, and Rain at 4.75.<\/p>\n

The table below provides an overview of the mobile network rankings in South Africa.<\/p>\n

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Network Operator<\/th>\n\u00a0Download Speed (Mbps)<\/th>\n\u00a0Upload Speed (Mbps)<\/th>\n\u00a0Latency (ms)<\/th>\n\u00a0Network Quality Score<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
\u00a0MTN<\/td>\n\u00a082.48<\/td>\n\u00a024.03<\/td>\n\u00a029<\/td>\n\u00a09.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Vodacom<\/td>\n\u00a077.45<\/td>\n\u00a014.74<\/td>\n\u00a030<\/td>\n\u00a08.14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Cell C<\/td>\n\u00a039.32<\/td>\n\u00a013.36<\/td>\n\u00a042<\/td>\n\u00a06.09<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Telkom<\/td>\n\u00a030.49<\/td>\n\u00a010.72<\/td>\n\u00a037<\/td>\n\u00a05.24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Rain<\/td>\n\u00a019.41<\/td>\n\u00a010.31<\/td>\n\u00a028<\/td>\n\u00a04.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband Insights has released its first quarter results for 2024, showing that MTN remains the best mobile network in South Africa overall, while Vodacom has the best 5G network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":441038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62528,14],"tags":[64917,45136,355,35,42,60107,22891,109,41],"class_list":["post-531641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-5g","category-cellular","tag-analytico","tag-best-mobile-network","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-mtn","tag-mybroadband-insights","tag-mybroadband-speed-test","tag-telkom","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531641"}],"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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":531647,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531641\/revisions\/531647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}