Rohde & Schwarz bestowed the award on MTN Uganda after conducting a network study across Uganda during the 3rd quarter of 2019. The study involved Voice call and Internet speed tests run for a total distance of 8500Kms across the country and at static hotspots.

The award was presented to the MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mr. Wim Vanhelleputte at the telco’s offices in Kololo, Nyonyi Gardens on Tuesday, 18th February 2020 by the Director of Africa Together Mr. Shakil Ahmed, and Mr. Paul Mwangi, the Manager Mobile Network Testing__Rohde Schwarz.

The conducted network quality and performance tests were run on all local networks including MTN, Airtel, UTL, Africell, K2, and Smart Telecom against European mobile operator ratings using a global scoring methodology of the European telecommunications standard institute (ETSI) TR 103 559 S.

While the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) recently published its findings on the state of mobile networks in Uganda and ranked Airtel as the fastest. Rohde & Schwarz ‘s study was run on ETSI standards, and their findings indicated balanced statistics for all local operators

Their overall report indicated that MTN’s network had the highest aggregated voice performance across major towns and highways in addition to registering the highest data performance score when tested for online streaming and file downloads.

This means, with over 13 million subscribers, the Yello camp has strengthened its voice and data performance goals to match International standards as published by Rohde & Schwarz.

According to the telco CEO, Mr. Wim Vanhelleputte, the use of global standards to test network performance helps the telco benchmark its status against leading mobile operators in the World, and improve to match or better avail more speeds to its subscriber base as he said:

The advantage of using this global standard of measurement (is that), it challenges us to not only be the best in Uganda but also benchmark ourselves against leading networks across the world. Our consistent investment in the network over the years is getting us ever closer to the ‘best in class’ global networks.”, he further noted. 

This award justifies MTN’s commitment over the years to continuously invest in a wide and quality network

Mr Wim Vanhelleputte – CEO, MTN Uganda

The telco has been awarded as the highest performing in Uganda in a timeframe when it has run a successful 5G trial as the 1st in East Africa, and the 3rd in Africa after its sister wings in Nigeria, and SouthAfrica. In return, this has attracted other operators like Safaricom to join the 5G league

Rhode & Schwarz__the awarding institution is an Internationally recognized organization that specializes in auditing 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G performance of mobile networks across the globe using the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)/ETSI standards.

Editor’s Note: When UCC ranked Airtel as the fastest in Uganda, we took it to the North, Central North and Western parts of Uganda to test how the top 3 competing operators MTN, Airtel, and Africell have to offer in terms of browsing speeds. Our findings and poll results will be published in an article soon.

In case you own an MTN line, then we designed this simple selection to guide you on your data bundles selection. In addition to the affordability beneath MTN’s choice of bundles, you can do more for less if you pay with mobile money since the telecom avails a 50% bonus recharge similar to Airtel’s offer. Nonetheless, here is the complete set of MTN data bundles you need to consider before buying a data pack of your choice.

MTN Data bundles list

​​​​​​​​ Bundle	V​​alidity	Price (UGX)	To buy, d​ial
15MB	​​​Daily	250	​​​​*150*10# ​ ​ ​ ​
40MB	(24 Hours)​ ​ ​	500
100MB		1000
300MB		2000
1GB		5000
500MB	1 Week	5000	​*150*11#
1.5GB		10000
5GB		20000
25MB	​​​​1 Month​	1500	​​​​*150*12# ​ ​ ​ ​ ​
300MB		5500
600MB		10000
2GB		20000
10GB		50000
30GB		100000
170GB		550000
2GB	​​​3 Months ​ ​	30000	​​*150*13# ​ ​
10GB		75000
30GB		150000
60MB Tooti	1 Hour	500	*150*14#
Night Shift 1GB	12am - 6am	2000	*150*50#
Unlimited Internet Premium	1 Month	330000	*150*55#​ ​
Unlimited Internet Basic	1 Month	179000
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The best MTN data bundles you can choose

If you love more data at a relatively cheap cost. We highly suggest you wait until a Wednesday of every week for the gaga bundles. However, If you feel like you want the best bundles to unleash your social media posts, you can opt for the 100MB pack at 1000/=. In addition, 50MBs are enough for all those who wish to use a few applications on the phone to surf the internet. Nevertheless, what data package do you use? Share with us your thoughts in the comment section below.