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MyBroadband

Logo: MyBroadband, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

South African technology news website and forum

MyBroadband is South Africa's largest technology news website which was started in 2003 as a consumer advocacy forum to address broadband problems which existed in the country at the time. It is owned by mass media company Broad Media. Since then, the website has grown into an IT news publication with an online community of 3.2 million unique visitors and over 10 million page views per month.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2003Founded1

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MyBroadband is South Africa's largest technology news website which was started in 2003 as a consumer advocacy forum to address broadband problems which existed in the country at the time. It is owned by mass media company Broad Media.2

Corporate structure

MyBroadband sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • MyBroadband
    • BusinessTech Owned

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What MyBroadband reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • BusinessTech

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

MyBroadband was originally an online forum which was launched in 2003 to serve as a platform to discuss broadband services in South Africa. At the time, social media platforms - such as Facebook and Twitter - were not available and the MyBroadband Forum allowed South Africans to share information online. One of the main objectives of the MyBroadband Forum was to examine and discuss the South African broadband landscape, focusing on ADSL connections - which dominated the country and were run by the state-controlled monopoly Telkom at the time. The forum has over 200,000 members and more than 10,000,000 posts.

From Wikipedia’s article on MyBroadband, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

  • BusinessTech

Listed on Wikidata.1

ICT news publication

MyBroadband is considered the leading ICT news publication in South Africa, and is visited by ICT professionals and tech-savvy consumers alike. It covers breaking news in the industry, unpacks technical and relevant ICT topics, and regularly conducts research into local market trends.

MyBroadband Magazine

In January 2017, MyBroadband launched the MyBroadband Magazine. The MyBroadband Magazine, published annually, is a premium publication aimed at ICT executives and professionals, and those working in the ICT field. The MyBroadband Magazine is distributed at the MyBroadband Conference and Expo each year, and sent directly to thousands of ICT executives.

Topics covered include broadband (DSL, Fibre, Mobile/Cellular, Satellite), telecommunications, ICT business, smartphones, software, ecommerce, cloud, IoT, banking and fintech, security, gaming, hardware, broadcasting, and blockchain/cryptocurrency.

Speed testing

MyBroadband offers a speed test web service that provides a free analysis on Internet performance metrics, such as connection data rate and latency. MyBroadband has test servers based in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban. The speed test service was launched in 2011 for web browsers, and was based on Flash technology at the time. In March 2017, MyBroadband upgraded the speed test service to HTML5 to allow more devices to access it. In June 2017, speed test apps were launched for Android and iOS.

Read the full text

MyBroadband publishes quarterly reports based on the results collected by the tests. These reports include network performance indicators of the telecommunications providers in South Africa.

The MyBroadband Speed Test service is viewed as an authoritative metric in the South African IT industry and its research is used by companies such as MTN and Vodacom for their "best mobile network" brand claims and advertising campaigns.

From Wikipedia’s article on MyBroadband, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • BusinessTech

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2003Founded Founded1

Sources

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