MultiChoice’s DStv Internet is South Africa’s largest mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) by data traffic, according to Mobile Virtual Network Enabler (MVNE) founder and CEO Yaron Assabi.
Speaking at the presentation of the MVNO Nation Whitepaper in June 2025, Assabi said the service accounted for 8% of all data traffic on its host network. A month later, that had increased to 9%.
Assabi explained that DStv Internet was one of the country’s most successful MVNOs because of two factors — focusing on specific…
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