{"id":602021,"date":"2025-07-10T10:05:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=602021"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:06:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T08:06:01","slug":"vodacom-fights-back-in-south-african-network-quality-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/602021-vodacom-fights-back-in-south-african-network-quality-rankings.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom fights back in South African network quality rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MyBroadband Insights has released its Q2 2025 Mobile Network Quality Report, showing that Cell C has retained second place ranking from last quarter, with MTN claiming top spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report is based on 304,489 speed tests conducted by 6,105 mobile devices nationwide between 1 April and 30 June 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To conduct these tests, MyBroadband Insights travelled 20,000km and tested networks in South Africa\u2019s major cities, towns, and roads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The testing included crowdsourced data and dedicated drive tests, providing a comprehensive assessment of mobile network performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The crowdsourced data was collected from users with various types of smartphones, while the Insights team used dedicated high-end and mid-range smartphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN dominated the overall network performance and consistently outperformed its competitors across most metrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It recorded the highest average download speed at 92.66 Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 71.06 Mbps, Cell C at 64.63 Mbps, Telkom at 46.9 Mbps, and Rain at 22.2 Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN was also the top-performing network in major South African metros, including Tshwane, Ekurhuleni, Cape Town, Johannesburg, eThekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay, and Mangaung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its strong performance can be attributed to continued investment in network infrastructure for both LTE and 5G networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN announced earlier this year that it would cut capital expenditure by between R3.1 and R4.1 billion as it emerged from a period of intensive investment on backup batteries and generators following severe power cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cell C made headlines in the Q1 2025 report by overtaking Vodacom and clinching second place, a position it has retained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, its network quality score dropped from its previous 8.07 rating, while Vodacom’s score increased from 7.21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To determine the best mobile network in South Africa, each network is given a Network Quality Score based on download speed, upload speed, and latency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

MTN came in first place with a Network Quality Score of 9.92, followed by Cell C at 7.69, Vodacom at 7.43, Telkom at 5.79, and Rain at 3.98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Operator<\/th>Download Speed (Mbps)<\/th>Upload Speed (Mbps)<\/th>Latency (ms)<\/th>Network Quality Score<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
MTN<\/td>92.66<\/td>30.55<\/td>30<\/td>9.92<\/td><\/tr>
Cell C<\/td>64.63<\/td>29.63<\/td>27<\/td>7.69<\/td><\/tr>
Vodacom<\/td>71.06<\/td>14.62<\/td>31<\/td>7.43<\/td><\/tr>
Telkom<\/td>46.9<\/td>11.49<\/td>29<\/td>5.79<\/td><\/tr>
Rain<\/td>22.2<\/td>11.08<\/td>32<\/td>3.98<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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MTN remains the best mobile network in the country, while Cell C holds onto second place above Vodacom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341175,"featured_media":590463,"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":[14,40380],"tags":[355,42,60107,100518,43716,109,41],"class_list":["post-602021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","category-trending","tag-cell-c","tag-mtn","tag-mybroadband-insights","tag-q2-2025-mobile-network-quality-report","tag-rain","tag-telkom","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602021"}],"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\/341175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602021"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":602046,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602021\/revisions\/602046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}