29c per minute Sim-Sonke roaming on MTN explained
Telkom Mobile informed Sim-Sonke subscribers earlier in October 2013 that they would be able to make calls “anywhere in Mzansi”.
The change was motivated in part by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s (Icasa) decision to reduce interconnect fees, Telkom Mobile said in a statement issued on 28 October 2013.
“The move by the regulator helped make it possible to offer Sim-Sonke nationwide,” Kagiso Moncho, commercial product development executive at Telkom Mobile was quoted as saying.
“By lowering the price barrier to entry and now making it available nationwide, we hope to see more people benefitting from the connectivity that mobile technology provides,” Moncho said.
Telkom Mobile has a roaming agreement in place with MTN, which allows its customers to use the MTN network when outside the coverage of Telkom Mobile’s network.
However, when Sim-Sonke launched during July 2013 it traded off the ability to roam on MTN with 29c/minute on-network and 75c/minute off-network voice call tariffs.
With Sim-Sonke gaining the ability to roam on MTN’s network, this trade-off is no longer necessary for subscribers.
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