8ta’s first contract offerings: Aggressive pricing
Telkom launched its much anticipated mobile operator 8ta last month, promising to disrupt the local mobile market with aggressive pricing and easy-to-understand offerings.
At launch 8ta only offered prepaid services – one voice offering and one data service. At the time 8ta promised customers 2 pre-paid, 4 post-paid and 3 data offerings, and the first post-paid services have now emerged.
8ta started promoting the following contract offerings in the media:
R90 per month over 24 months with the following included
- Samsung Galaxy 550 phone
- 90 inclusive minutes to all 8ta and national landlines
- 15 minutes to other mobile phones and local networks
- 25MB of monthly data
- Free SIM and connection
R130 per month over 24 months with the following included
- Nokia E5 and Nokia 5030 phones
- 130 inclusive minutes to all 8ta and national landlines
- 30 minutes to other mobile phones and local networks
- 25MB of monthly data
- Free SIM and connection
- Free 8ta starter pack and R10 8ta airtime voucher
R230 per month over 24 months with the following included
- Motorola FLIPOUT and Samsung Champ phones
- 230 inclusive minutes to all 8ta and national landlines
- 60 minutes to other mobile phones and local networks
- 25MB of monthly data
- Free SIM and connection
- Free 8ta starter pack and R100 8ta airtime voucher
R500 per month over 24 months with the following included
- Nokia N8 and Nokia 2710n phones
- 500 inclusive minutes to all 8ta and national landlines
- 200 minutes to other mobile phones and local networks
- 50MB of monthly data
- Free SIM and connection
- Free 8ta starter pack and R50 8ta airtime voucher
All contract subscribers will – like their prepaid counterparts – get 50 free daily SMSs after sending 5 SMSs each day.
To reward early adopters 8ta is further offering the first 100,000 8ta contract subscribers the option to nominate a Telkom landline number to which they can make unlimited free calls for two years.
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