Tag Archives: South Africa

Understanding mobile experience in the growth continent of Africa

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Ian Fogg

Across Africa, the download speeds experienced by smartphone users vary greatly, even for countries with similar 4G availability. While users in South Africa, Morocco, Senegal and Kenya connect to 4G signals on average between 72% and 75% of the time, … Continue reading →

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MTN takes the prize in a close South Africa video experience race

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Peter Boyland

OpenSignal’s recent report on the South Africa mobile market showed something of a two-horse race. While Vodacom dominated our awards table, taking six out of seven of our mobile experience crowns, MTN won our coveted 4G availability award and came … Continue reading →

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Vodacom races ahead in South Africa 4G speeds

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Peter Boyland

Vodacom has now firmly established itself as the king of speed across our South African metrics, coming top in all of OpenSignal’s national network speed and latency categories. The operator showed its rivals a clean pair of heels in all … Continue reading →

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OpenSignal lands in South Africa

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Kevin Fitchard

This week OpenSignal published its first report for an African country – the first of what we hope will be many. South Africa now joins the many countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia that we now cover on a … Continue reading →

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