{"id":253267,"date":"2018-03-24T10:28:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T08:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=253267"},"modified":"2018-03-24T10:29:40","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T08:29:40","slug":"two-graphs-which-show-how-expensive-vodacoms-data-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/253267-two-graphs-which-show-how-expensive-vodacoms-data-is.html","title":{"rendered":"Two graphs which show how expensive Vodacom’s data is"},"content":{"rendered":"

ICASA has released its latest tariff report<\/strong><\/a>, which shows that Vodacom\u2019s data prices in South Africa are more expensive than the other territories in which it operates.<\/p>\n

The regulator\u2019s tariff report is based on 160 tariff notifications which it received between 1 July 2017 to 31 December 2017.<\/p>\n

As part of the report, ICASA benchmarked prices for 500MB, 1GB, and 2GB data bundles within the SADC and BRICS countries.<\/p>\n

For MTN and Vodacom, which operate in multiple countries, the regulator benchmarked its South African prices against its other territories.<\/p>\n

ICASA\u2019s tariff report<\/h3>\n

The research report shows that Vodacom South Africa\u2019s 1GB and 2GB data bundle prices are expensive when compared those which Vodacom charges in other countries it operates in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis might be because of the economic factors in those countries and various other factors,\u201d stated the report.<\/p>\n

The graphs below show the price of 1GB and 2GB data bundles across Vodacom\u2019s international footprint, which includes Vodafone operations.<\/p>\n

\"1GB\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"2GB\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Vodacom explains<\/h3>\n

Vodacom said the\u00a0ICASA report only considers tariffs, however, and ignores all the other components of mobile broadband offerings.<\/p>\n

These components are important for the provision of affordable and reliable broadband services that are universally accessible, said Vodacom.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy comparing only price, ICASA\u2019s comparison ignores service availability and reach, quality, price of mobile devices, and factors exogenous to mobile operators.”<\/p>\n

It added that factors such as spectrum availability – which impacts on reach, quality, and cost of the network – are also ignored.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africa typically outperforms the rest of Africa on these non-price elements (coverage, speed, and device penetration) and when properly incorporated in a comparison will fundamentally alter the conclusions,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

Now read:\u00a0Vodacom and MTN subscribers pay up to 2,600% more for out-of-bundle data<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ICASA\u2019s latest tariff report shows how expensive Vodacom\u2019s mobile data is in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":231929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[35,533,41],"class_list":["post-253267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-headline","tag-icasa","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253267"}],"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=253267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253477,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253267\/revisions\/253477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}