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Cape Town - MWEB has won ISP of the year at the MyBroadband Conference in Johannesburg.
"The results give a good overview of the performance of the various broadband services and ISP accounts on offer, and further indicates how satisfied consumers are with their service providers," MyBroadband said on its website.
Mobile provider Cell C won Mobile Broadband Service of the Year and Telkom won Fixed Broadband Service of the Year, while Vodacom won Broadband Provider of the Year.
Broadband has been growing exponentially in SA, but many South Africans still have no access to services and experts believe that mobile access will be the gateway for the majority of the population.
Earlier this year, MWEB announced uncapped broadband packages for local users and several ISPs followed with a range of uncapped products.
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MWEB CEO Rudi Jansen said the market still had potential to grow.
"This is not the end. There is still probably three or four big things that have to change in this market and for us, this is the first step. The other things that have to change is we have to get the mobile operators to offer wholesale data. The more competition there is, the better it is for the market.
"Telkom has to allow users of ADSL to split the line rental for the telephone line and the line rental for ADSL. That absolutely has to happen; then this market will grow," he told News24 at the time.
The awards are based on surveys conducted by MyBroadband and the company said that the results indicate how "satisfied" consumers are with their service.
The individual or organisation that held back progress in the local market was also identified as the Mampara of the Year.
"Consumers voted overwhelmingly that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is the biggest ‘loser’ in the local broadband market," said the website.
News24 is part of 24.com, a subsidiary of Media24, which is in the Naspers stable. MWEB is a subsidiary of Naspers.
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"The results give a good overview of the performance of the various broadband services and ISP accounts on offer, and further indicates how satisfied consumers are with their service providers," MyBroadband said on its website.
Mobile provider Cell C won Mobile Broadband Service of the Year and Telkom won Fixed Broadband Service of the Year, while Vodacom won Broadband Provider of the Year.
Broadband has been growing exponentially in SA, but many South Africans still have no access to services and experts believe that mobile access will be the gateway for the majority of the population.
Earlier this year, MWEB announced uncapped broadband packages for local users and several ISPs followed with a range of uncapped products.
Mampara
MWEB CEO Rudi Jansen said the market still had potential to grow.
"This is not the end. There is still probably three or four big things that have to change in this market and for us, this is the first step. The other things that have to change is we have to get the mobile operators to offer wholesale data. The more competition there is, the better it is for the market.
"Telkom has to allow users of ADSL to split the line rental for the telephone line and the line rental for ADSL. That absolutely has to happen; then this market will grow," he told News24 at the time.
The awards are based on surveys conducted by MyBroadband and the company said that the results indicate how "satisfied" consumers are with their service.
The individual or organisation that held back progress in the local market was also identified as the Mampara of the Year.
"Consumers voted overwhelmingly that the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) is the biggest ‘loser’ in the local broadband market," said the website.
News24 is part of 24.com, a subsidiary of Media24, which is in the Naspers stable. MWEB is a subsidiary of Naspers.
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