mobile data
Telkom Kenya Launches New Data and Voice Sharing Product
Image sourced from News24 Telkom Kenya has launched a new product called the Chaga Bundle. This product will allow five users to share data and voice bundles at a price of $12.76. According to Techweez, a group of a minimum of three people and a maximum of 5 people can share 100 GB of data, 200 on-net minutes, 50 off-net minutes, and 200 SMSs for $12.76. One person will be able to purchase the bundle and set up a group of three to five people to share the bundle with. “The discerning customer is keen to pool resources wherever possible. As Kenyans, we share in the spirit of coming together to share costs on occasiosn where we cannot manage to shoulder a financial obligaton as individuals,” Telkom’s Director of Marketing, Eric Achola said. “Telkom, guided by our belief that Mobile Data is a...
South Africans to Receive Free Data, Government Says – This is How Much
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MTN SA Launches Huge Bevy of Black Friday Data Deals – Up to 60GB Free
Sourced from Business Tech MTN has lined up a series of value-for-money data deals for new and existing customers for Black Friday. From 19 November until 2 December 2021 South Africans can double their data with Black Friday specials on PayAsYouGo, Contract, MyMTN Home, MTN Business, MTN Pulse and MoMo deals. This summer, MTN is already offering data deals with “Go Big Go Bozza” to ensure customers can party, play, rest or revive with data for days. To further enhance this summer of data abundance, MTN is offering a huge host of Black Friday data deals. “The past 17 months have not been easy for South Africans but, with our amazing summer offerings and now our Black Friday deals, we aim to keep making summer a whole lot brighter. From doubling data to incredibly low data prices, we ...
Telkom SA Further Slashes Data Prices for Summer
Telkom SA has launched a new set of postpaid promotional deals and prepaid LTE deals offering more value to its mobile customers. These new data price reductions come not long after the semi-private telco announced its 1GB mobile data bundle reduction to R79 and the introduction of a new and affordable 1.5GB + 1.5GB All Network data bundle at R89. Now, to kickstart summer, Telkom is revealing more Monate value through its Summer 2021 propositions available immediately. On Prepaid LTE, Telkom has introduced: 6GB data at R49 – 3GB anytime data and 3GB night surfer data, valid for 14 days, which replaces the current 2GB + 2GB at the same price; and 15GB data at R99 – 7,5GB anytime data and 7,5GB night data, valid for 61 days for anytime data and 31 days for night surfer, replacing its 5GB + 5...
4 Fastest Mobile Internet Operators in South Africa Ranked
Internet and connectivity speed tester Ookla last month released its market analysis for South Africa, ranking the country’s fastest mobile internet operators. The analysis only takes into account top mobile operators in the country, ones which account for 3% or more of total test samples in the market in Q2 2021 – smaller providers are not tested, and thus are not included in the rankings. All operators are ranked based on their Speed Score, which incorporates a measure of each provider’s download and upload speed to rank network performance (90% of the final Speed Score is attributed to download speed and the remaining 10% to upload speed because online experiences are typically more affected by download speed). Ookla places the most emphasis on the median speeds as those represent what ...
Why Getting Students Online Poses a Major Challenge
The COVID-19 lockdown has forced many schools, colleges and educational institutions to rapidly switch to online learning. Although there are many advanced online learning platforms available, the one critical factor that still remains is reliable connectivity to online learning platforms. The reality is that only a small percentage of homes in South Africa are covered by uncapped fibre connectivity. This is where mobile data connectivity is the only option. There has been ongoing lobbying of mobile networks led by various educational organisations such as the National Association of Social Change Entities in Education as well as the DG Murray Trust. The current reality, however, is that learning institutions are forced to provide data connectivity to learners. Last week, the U...
