Prices plummet in mobile data war

[rpm]

Prices plummet in mobile data war

Vodacom, MTN, Cell C and 8ta are running aggressively priced broadband promotions to win the hearts and minds of consumers more

 

[CAPS LOCK]

We can thank Lars for this.

 

[Electron1]

yes, Lars started it, but don't leave out Amith of 8.ta and AKC who are continuing to push pricing down.

 

[whatwhat]

It would be better if you could bundle this with your voice contract.

 

[CAPS LOCK]

yes, Lars started it, but don't leave out Amith of 8.ta and AKC who are continuing to push pricing down.

They have to. To gain market share. The slower the cartel reacts the better for these two upstarts.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Promotions don't mean jack..

CellC's price is their price, its not a promotion or a special.

VC, MTN and 8ta need to match or better that price when NOT on a promotion for it to actually count.

 

[RichardG]

We now know why it is not sustainable any more cause people don't do phone calls any more they make use of social media to communicate with their friends. Data is where their profits are for majority of the Mobile Providers.

Yes, we do have to thank Lars for bringing competition - wasn't CELL C the first mobile provider in South Africa to charge R2 per meg while others were charging in the region of R40 something.

We have come a long way and hopefully in the next 3years we will have high bandwidth packages like 20 gig for like R100. It can happen if Network providers/shareholders aren't greedy for profits.

 

[grok]

It can happen if Network providers/shareholders aren't greedy for profits.

Yeah reading Vodacom and MTN's 'we're still cheaper' response to Cell-c shows that's never going to happen.