Mar 2024
South Africa, March 2024, Mobile Network Experience
In Opensignal's latest analysis of the mobile network experience in South Africa, MTN continues to take home the largest haul of awards.
Feb 2024
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2024
In this Opensignal’s fifth Global Awards report, we analyse the difference in the overall experience seen by our users on different operators across the globe.
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South Africa, August 2023, Mobile Network Experience
MTN leads the award count with five recognitions secured outright and five jointly. Vodacom is the sole winner of three and the joint winner of a further six awards. Telkom secures its only outright win for Availability, along with two more shared wins, while Cell C has three joint wins to its name.
African smartphone users see a diverse mobile experience across the continent
In this analysis, Opensignal looks at the experience of smartphone users across the 15 markets in Africa with the highest numbers of unique mobile subscribers, according to GSMA Intelligence. Opensignal users in South Africa enjoy the fastest download speeds and the most consistent quality of mobile services in Africa, while also connecting to 4G and 5G services for the highest proportion of time. Meanwhile, Morocco leads for Upload Speed Experience, Games Experience, and Voice App Experience.
Benchmarking the Global 5G Experience — June 2023
The 5G experience continues to evolve. More markets are launching 5G. More spectrum is becoming available and that additional spectrum is boosting capacity and improving users’ experience with faster speeds, and a better video and gaming experience. In this latest global 5G benchmark, Opensignal quantifies how the real-world 5G experience compares.
South African networks see the worst 4G signal strength but fastest 4G download speeds at night
Opensignal analyzed how energy usage changes on South African networks throughout the day. We observe that South African operators use less spectrum and carrier bands at night, while the 4G signal strength is also the weakest at night.
South Africa, March 2023, Mobile Network Experience
We observe a two-horse race for mobile network experience awards in South Africa. Vodacom and MTN win seven and five awards outright, respectively, and both operators share two additional trophies together, out of 15 awards available. Telkom secures its only outright win for Availability.
The Live Video Experience in Mobile Sports, News and Game Streaming
In an industry first, Opensignal examines the Live Video Experience of mobile users across more than 100 global markets.
Global Mobile Network Experience Awards 2023
In the fourth Global Mobile Network Experience Awards report, Opensignal once again directly compares operators from around the world to recognize those on which our users had the best mobile experience. We have added two more measures of the mobile experience: Excellent Consistent Quality and Core Consistent Quality.
