{"id":200788,"date":"2017-02-28T17:53:50","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=200788"},"modified":"2017-02-28T17:54:51","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T15:54:51","slug":"telkom-vs-cell-c-in-huge-value-shared-data-plan-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/200788-telkom-vs-cell-c-in-huge-value-shared-data-plan-showdown.html","title":{"rendered":"Telkom vs Cell C in huge-value shared data plan showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telkom recently launched new FreeMe Family products<\/strong><\/a>, allowing subscribers to divide included data, voice minutes, and an SMS allocation between up to 10 SIMs.<\/p>\n

This allows families to consolidate their cellphone spending into a single account, with 30GB, 50GB, or Unlimited options available.<\/p>\n

FreeMe Family packages include data, voice minutes, SMS, Wi-Fi usage, and free WhatsApp usage.<\/p>\n

The deals were barely two days old when Cell C launched its version\u00a0of a shared data plan,\u00a0SmartData Share<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The three Cell C packages come in at 5GB, 20GB, and 50GB each, with all data allocations doubled as part of a launch promotion.<\/p>\n

The SmartData Share products will be available in March and April, and also provide customers with\u00a0Wi-Fi calling minutes.<\/p>\n

Data and calling minutes can be shared through Cell C\u2019s Multi-Data Connect service, said the company.<\/p>\n

Telkom FreeMe Family vs Cell C SmartData Share<\/h3>\n

The table below compares Telkom\u2019s FreeMe Family products against Cell C\u2019s SmartData Share products.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Data Sharing Plans<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Package<\/strong><\/td>\nFreeMe Family 30GB<\/strong><\/td>\nSmartData Share 20GB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data<\/strong><\/td>\n30GB<\/td>\n40GB (+40GB Night data)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free WhatsApp usage<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free Wi-Fi<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free on-net calls<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free SMS<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multi-SIMs<\/strong><\/td>\n4 Free, then R9\/SIM up to 10 SIMs<\/td>\nR5\/SIM up to 14 SIMs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shared off-network minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n300<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anynet Wi-Fi calling minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly Price<\/strong><\/td>\nR699<\/strong><\/td>\nR499<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data Sharing Plans<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Package<\/strong><\/td>\nFreeMe Family 50GB<\/strong><\/td>\nSmartData Share 20GB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data<\/strong><\/td>\n50GB<\/td>\n40GB (+40GB Night data)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free WhatsApp\u00a0usage<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free Wi-Fi<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free on-net calls<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free SMS<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multi-SIMs<\/strong><\/td>\n4 Free, then R9\/SIM up to 10 SIMs<\/td>\nR5\/SIM up to 14 SIMs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shared off-network minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n500<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anynet Wi-Fi calling minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly Price<\/strong><\/td>\nR999<\/strong><\/td>\nR499<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data Sharing Plans<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Package<\/strong><\/td>\nFreeMe Family Unlimited<\/strong><\/td>\nSmartData Share 50GB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data<\/strong><\/td>\nUnlimited (100GB FUP)<\/td>\n100GB\u00a0(+100GB Night data)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free WhatsApp\u00a0usage<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free Wi-Fi<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free on-net calls<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free SMS<\/strong><\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multi-SIMs<\/strong><\/td>\n4 Free, then R9\/SIM up to 10 SIMs<\/td>\nR5\/SIM up to 14 SIMs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shared off-network minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anynet Wi-Fi calling minutes<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n1,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Monthly Price<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,499<\/strong><\/td>\nR899<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Now read:\u00a0Cell C takes on Telkom with new SmartData Share plans<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telkom and Cell C are going head-to-head in the shared data plan space – here’s how their deals compare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":200794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[355,41666,35,109,41664],"class_list":["post-200788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-cell-c","tag-cell-c-smartdata-share","tag-headline","tag-telkom","tag-telkom-freeme-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200788"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200882,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200788\/revisions\/200882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}