Does the CELL C (Fixed Wireless LTE) simcards work on 2G and 3G?

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As the title says does these new FIXED LTE sim cards work on 3G?
 
dotcat said:
No as far as the website - only were there is Fixed LTE coverage.
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I don't trust the website nor their support (heard yes and no from them.)

Hopefully someone here have a sim and did the tests.
 
Thor said:
I don't trust the website nor their support (heard yes and no from them.)

Hopefully someone here have a sim and did the tests.
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Hi Thor

Thank you for reaching out to us.

CELL C FIXED LTE plans are offered only for "fixed" usage and are not suited for use on mobile or portable devices. CELL C FIXED LTE will only work on a LTE enabled device coupled with a Cell C USIM.

It does not default to 3G or 2G.


^NZ
 
Cell_C said:
Hi Thor

Thank you for reaching out to us.

CELL C FIXED LTE plans are offered only for "fixed" usage and are not suited for use on mobile or portable devices. CELL C FIXED LTE will only work on a LTE enabled device coupled with a Cell C USIM.

It does not default to 3G or 2G.


^NZ
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Awesome, thank you for the reply.

Last question, with your new MTN deal, does this mean it roam on MTN LTE or is this only on LTE coverage form CELL C towers?
 
Thor said:
Awesome, thank you for the reply.

Last question, with your new MTN deal, does this mean it roam on MTN LTE or is this only on LTE coverage form CELL C towers?
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It means that you can roam on MTN.

^NZ
 
Thor said:
Awesome, thank you for the reply.

Last question, with your new MTN deal, does this mean it roam on MTN LTE or is this only on LTE coverage form CELL C towers?
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"your new MTN deal," please provide link to this product? Thanks.
 
dotcat said:
So are we saying that Cell C Fixed LTE-A deals now work on MTN roaming again? Or only those direct from Cell C and not resellers such as Afrihost?

If so this directly contradicts the Cell C coverage map which shows that LTE Fixed is not offered on the MTN Roaming coverage.
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Hi dotcat

There has been no change.

It is exactly as illustrated in our Coverage Map.

^MP
 
Cell_C said:
Hi dotcat

There has been no change.

It is exactly as illustrated in our Coverage Map.

^MP
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Hi Cell_C

You have said:

"It means that you can roam on MTN." with reference to CELL C (Fixed Wireless LTE) - So this is really important because the Cell C website says that CELL C (Fixed Wireless LTE) only works on the Cell C network "Check whether you have Fixed LTE coverage where you wish to use this service.".

Just to clarify - will CELL C (Fixed Wireless LTE) work on MTN roaming? Then why does the coverage map indicate that Fixed Wireless LTE and MTN are 2 completely different things? For example see below (no fixed LTE coverage but LTE advanced on MTN band 3 and 8 roaming.

Screenshot 2019-03-28 at 15.11.27.png

Thanks for clarifying.
 
dotcat said:
Hi Cell_C

You have said:

"It means that you can roam on MTN." with reference to CELL C (Fixed Wireless LTE) - So this is really important because the Cell C website says that CELL C (Fixed Wireless LTE) only works on the Cell C network "Check whether you have Fixed LTE coverage where you wish to use this service.".

Just to clarify - will CELL C (Fixed Wireless LTE) work on MTN roaming? Then why does the coverage map indicate that Fixed Wireless LTE and MTN are 2 completely different things? For example see below (no fixed LTE coverage but LTE advanced on MTN band 3 and 8 roaming.

View attachment 638996

Thanks for clarifying.
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Hi dotcat


Thank you for reaching out to us.

Please note that the Roaming Agreement between ourselves and MTN does not include Fixed-LTE. Customers on the FIXED-LTE packages can not roam to any network except Cell C's network.


^NZ
 
Cell_C said:
Hi dotcat


Thank you for reaching out to us.

Please note that the Roaming Agreement between ourselves and MTN does not include Fixed-LTE. Customers on the FIXED-LTE packages can not roam to any network except Cell C's network.


^NZ
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Now go and read the techcentral article and tell me with tears in my eyes if that is what the article says:
https://techcentral.co.za/cell-c-customers-now-roaming-on-mtn/85139/
This means that Cell C customers outside the urban centres can now roam onto MTN’s 3G and 4G/LTE networks.
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The agreement sees MTN providing both 3G and 4G services to Cell C in areas where Cell C has chosen to purchase coverage rather than self-build. Cell C customers now have access to thousands of additional sites, of which around two-thirds are LTE enabled.
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Do Something about getting the article corrected.
 
Geoff.D said:
Now go and read the techcentral article and tell me with tears in my eyes if that is what the article says:
https://techcentral.co.za/cell-c-customers-now-roaming-on-mtn/85139/




Do Something about getting the article corrected.
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Hi Geoff.D

Thank you for contacting Cell C.

Please note that there is LTE network and there are FIXED LTE deals,., if you are on a LTE package or prepaid then you can roam on the MTN 3G/4G network. it is only customers that are on FIXED LTE packages that will not be able to roam on the MTN network.

^NZ
 
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