The report is based on 113,117 speed tests which were performed by 8,250 MyBroadband Android Speed Test App users across South Africa between 1 October 2017 and 31 December 2017.
The report shows that South Africa had an average mobile download speed of 19.29Mbps in the fourth quarter of 2017.
MTN had the highest average download speed at 22.20Mbps, followed by Vodacom on 21.63Mbps and Telkom on 15.35Mbps.
To determine the best mobile network in South Africa, the download speed, upload speed, and latency of each network were used.
A “network quality score” was calculated for each network, where the score out of ten shows how the network performed in relation to other networks.
MTN reigned supreme with a network quality score of 9.98, followed by Vodacom on 9.38, Telkom on 6.72, and Cell C on 6.41.
Download the MyBroadband Network Quality Report here.
