Johannesburg, South Africa - The
2021 Mobile Network Quality Report has mentioned MTN as the best mobile network
operator in South Africa.
According to the report released by the MyBroadband
Insight this year, MTN topped in all the major cities, with one exception –
Vodacom had the best network in East London.
The
report is based on 1.35 million results from MyBroadband’s Speed Test App,
which were recorded between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021.
The research shows that South
Africa had an average mobile download speed of 40.86Mbps and an average upload
speed of 13.82Mbps last year.
MTN had the highest average
download speed at 64.23Mbps, followed by Vodacom at 35.05Mbps, Telkom on
27.23Mbps, Cell C on 19.26Mbps, and Rain on 13.07Mbps.
MTN also had the best network in
Johannesburg, Tshwane, eThekwini, Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Gqeberha, Polokwane,
George, and Kimberley.
The only city where MTN did not
reign supreme was East London, where Vodacom came out on top.
MTN’s exceptional performance
results from outspending its rivals on infrastructure investment over the past
five years.
Vodacom has, however, started to
outspend MTN last year and is keen to regain the top spot in the network
quality rankings.
Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub told
MyBroadband they are investing extensively in their network and have always aimed
to be South Africa’s highest quality network.
A device analysis revealed that
the peak speed of 751Mbps was achieved on a Huawei P40 Pro 5G, followed by
732Mbps on a Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G and 695Mbps on a Samsung Galaxy Note20
Ultra 5G.
By: Kanto Okanta
