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Aki's Cellphone Safari
Aki's Cellphone Safari is the name given to an ocassional, non-scientific piece of radio research done by Talk Radio 702 around Gauteng, South Africa to test the reliability of the local cellphone networks. This research, conducted by tech journalist Aki Anastasiou, came about as a response to an increasing number of dropped cellphone calls reported on the radio.

Methodology
Pre-Paid simcards are purchased from each of the networks - Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and Telkom Mobile. The simcards are then loaded into four seperate, but identical handsets with data services turned off. Once connected to the networks the phones are called and then a tally is kept on dropped calls on each of the networks as they drive around Gauteng over the 3 hours of the Jenny Crwys-Williams Show.

In later years listeners have been able to track Aki's progress via realtime GPS mapping.

Results

 * 2008 Winner - Vodacom
 * 2009 Winner - Vodacom

2013 Winners:
 * 1. MTN
 * 2. Vodacom
 * 3. Telkom Mobile
 * 4. Cell C

External resources
http://ewn.co.za/Media/2013/09/17/130917cellphone#