MTN still has the fastest mobile network overall in South Africa, though Vodacom has overtaken its rival in 5G speeds.
the fastest mobile network overall in South Africa, though Vodacom has overtaken its rival in 5G speeds.
For the second half of 2024, Ookla found that MTN was the fastest mobile provider in South Africa for all technologies combined, earning it a score of 97.32.MTN led on median download speed, recording 77.13Mbit/s, ahead of next-placed Vodacom, which recorded 55.95Mbit/s, and Cell C with 44.07Mbit/s. It also led the market on median upload speed, with 13.81Mbit/s, and the lowest latency – or network round-trip time – with 36 milliseconds.
MTN recorded the best mobile network consistency in South Africa, too, with 92.8% of its samples meeting or exceeding the threshold of 5Mbit/s download and 1Mbit/s upload. It also had the best 5G consistency in the market, with 87.7% of samples meeting or exceeding the threshold of 25Mbit/s download and 3Mbit/s upload.“Vodacom led on median 5G download speed, recording 227.92Mbit/s, ahead of next-placed MTN, which recorded 172.51Mbit/s. Vodacom recorded a median 5G upload speed of 14.
In fixed lines, MWeb was the leading internet service provider in the second half of 2024, scoring 64.62 in “overall connectivity score”, ahead of second-placed Vox and third-placed Afrihost.Cool Ideas was the fastest ISP in South Africa with a score of 83.81. Cool Ideas led on median download speed, recording 69.14Mbit/s, ahead of next-placed Afrihost, which recorded 54.72Mbit/s, and Axxess with 53.26Mbit/s.
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