Cell C extends 99c international calling to more countries

Cell C adds Australia and Hong Kong to their new 99c per minute international calling rate

June 14, 2012
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Cell C has added Australia and Hong Kong to their new 99c per minute international calling rate. This announcement follows the recent announcement that Cell C reduced international call rates to the USA, UK, India, Pakistan and China at 99c per minute on per second billing.

Today the company announced that from Thursday 14 June 2012, all Cell C customers will also be able to dial persons residing in Hong Kong and Australia at a cost of 99c per minute on per second billing.

Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig says that the company has decided to make the 99 cents per minute call rate a permanent tariff on the Cell C network rather than a promotional one.

“The drop in international tariffs has been a clear hit.  Call traffic to those countries has increased well above our most optimistic expectations since the promotion was launched,” said Knott-Craig.

He says Cell C has already lodged these new tariffs as standard rates with ICASA, which means that going forward the call rate to these seven countries will be set at a default rate of 99c per minute on per second billing for all prepaid, hybrid and postpaid Cell C customers at anytime of the day or night.

“It is important to note that these are not VoIP calls, but pure circuit-switched calls ensuring the best quality possible,” Cell C said in a press statement.

“We will announce the rates for all destination countries in the next weeks as we finalise simplified rates to each country at the best price possible,” said Knott-Craig.

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