MyBroadband Insights’ 2026 Mobile Network Quality Report for the second quarter of the year has found that telecommunications group MTN continues to have the best mobile network in South Africa, securing the top network quality score at 9.96.
The findings, are based on more than 350 000 speed tests conducted by mobile users, including a combination of crowdsourced data and dedicated drive tests of 20 000 km across South Africa’s major cities, towns and roads.
The outcomes revealed that MTN recorded the highest average download speed at 91.11 Mb/s, upload speed of 32.46 Mb/s and latency of 29 ms.
MTN was also the top-performing network in major metropolitans, including Tshwane, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, Nelson Mandela Bay and Mangaung.
Its strong performance is attributed to continued investment in infrastructure for both LTE and 5G networks.
