See the South Africa APN settings here. South Africans use a number of mobile phone providers and the APN and MMS settings are almost the same as others in the region. There are not much settings to be changed between then except for the APN name which is different while most of the settings are left empty.
South Africa APN settings
| The listing below are for the MTN APN settings, Vodacom APN settings as well as for Virgin and Cell C APN settings. These are the current APN and MMS settings and as you will note that most of the settings are empty. Also note the process of entering these into your mobile phone. Likewise also see the Vodacom Lesotho USSD Codes as well as the Swaziland – APN Settings. |
| The first three tables below shows you how to enter these into your mobile phone. You can also find more settings on the APN page listed on this website with the listing for other countries on there. See the instructions below as to how to enter the settings in a Windows 8 mobile phone as well as an Android and iPhone. |
| Lastly also see the African APN settings as well as the African USSD. |
| iPhone APN and Data Settings |
|---|
| 1. Select Settings on the phone. |
| 2. Now select General to continue. |
| 3. You must select Network or Cellular. |
| 4. - Select Cellular Data Network to start the process |
| 5. Dont forget to save after the Data and MMS settings. |
Cell C APN settings
| Android APN and Data Settings |
|---|
| 1. Select Main |
| 2. Now select Settings to continue. |
| 3. You must select Network or Cellular. |
| 4. Select Mobile Networks to start the process. |
| 5. Delete all APN's in this section. |
| 6. Press Menu now. |
| 7. Press New APN. |
| 8. Enter the General Data and the MMS. |
MTN APN settings
| Windows Mobile 8 APN and Data Settings |
|---|
| 1. In the Apps list click on settings. |
| 2. Delete all existing APN Settings in there. |
| 3. You must "Add Internet APN" next. |
| 4. Add in all the details below and click save. |
| 5. Now you must "Add MMS APN" next. |
| 6. Add in all the details below and click save. |
| 7. The APN settings have now been added to your mobile phone. |
Vodacom APN settings
| Cell C | MTN | Virgin | Vodacom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Settings | ||||
| Data APN | internet | internet | vdata | iphone.vodacom.za |
| Data APN Username | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| Data APN Password | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| MCC | ||||
| MNC | ||||
| MMS Settings | ||||
| MMS APN | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| MMS Username | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| MMS Password | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| MMS MMSC | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| MMS Proxy | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| MMS Maxsize | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| MMS Profurl | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] | [blank] |
| APN Type (Internet) | default, supl | default, supl | default, supl | default, supl |
| APN Type (Messaging) | mms | mms | mms | mms |
| Authentication Type | PAP | PAP | PAP | PAP |
| MMS Protocol | WAP 2.0 | WAP 2.0 | WAP 2.0 | WAP 2.0 |
| IP Type | IPv4v6 | IPv4v6 | IPv4v6 | IPv4v6 |
