MTN wins 2025 MyBroadband Award for Best Mobile Network

MTN is the winner of the 2025 MyBroadband Award for Best Mobile Network.

It received this award after achieving the highest Network Quality Score in South Africa.

Network Quality Score takes into account a wide range of factors, including download speeds, upload speeds, and latency.

The Network Quality Score is ranked out of 10, and MTN reigned supreme with an impressive score of 9.9 — more than 20% higher than its closest competitor.

Based on these criteria, MTN was the clear and deserving winner of the 2025 MyBroadband Award.

MTN’s impressive success

MTN is a trusted network partner for individuals and businesses across Africa.

It is the largest mobile network operator on the continent, offering a full suite of digital solutions such as voice, data, fintech, digital, enterprise, wholesale, and API services to 291 million customers in 16 markets.

Through these solutions, MTN drives growth, efficiency, and innovation across Africa, empowering organisations to unlock their full potential in a digital world.

MTN offers solutions that meet every need:

• For individuals — Mobile voice and data plans, device financing, fibre, and mobile money services for everyday life.
• For businesses — Enterprise connectivity, cloud, IoT, API access, and secure communication platforms.
• For partners and resellers — Wholesale services and infrastructure access to help expand connectivity across Africa.

History and ambition in South Africa

Since its founding in 1994, MTN has rapidly grown into a South African technology leader through sustained investment in infrastructure and innovation.

Today, MTN’s Ambition 2025 strategy is focused on developing leading digital solutions that drive innovation.

With its huge footprint, unmatched connectivity infrastructure, and advanced technology platforms, MTN continues to set the standard for what mobile network operators can deliver in South Africa.

This is exemplified in MTN’s modernisation, new site builds, sectorisations, and transmission upgrades, as well as its implementation of advanced network optimisation techniques – including software upgrades, energy-efficient equipment, and smart load balancing.

MTN also invested extensively in network resilience over the past year, rolling out more than 6,200 new Radio Access Network activities.

This extensive investment saw MTN rank as the top-performing network across South Africa’s major cities, including Tshwane, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela Bay, Ekurhuleni, eThekwini, and Mangaung.

This commitment to scale, service, and innovation is the reason MTN is the deserving winner of the 2025 MyBroadband Award for Best Mobile Network.