{"id":260271,"date":"2018-05-16T11:07:59","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T09:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=260271"},"modified":"2018-05-16T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T09:18:07","slug":"trace-mobile-launches-mobile-data-that-never-expires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/260271-trace-mobile-launches-mobile-data-that-never-expires.html","title":{"rendered":"Trace Mobile launches mobile data that never expires"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Media company Trace has announced the launch of Trace Mobile, which it said is a\u00a0fully-fledged mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Trace Mobile will offer prepaid packages with a &#8220;distinctive proposition&#8221;, including mobile data that never expires, music services, and\u00a0lifestyle rewards.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This edgy and hip Trace Mobile network is mainly aimed at the 16-35 year-old South African audience,&#8221; said a company spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>The standout feature is its never-expiring mobile data, and comes soon after ICASA announced new regulations which force South Africa mobile operators to allow users to roll over their unused mobile data.<\/p>\n<p>Its music and entertainment offering includes eight\u00a0live TV music channels, 30 digital radio channels, movies, series, concerts, and documentaries, said the company.<\/p>\n<p>Trace Mobile said users will also be able to transfer airtime to other Trace Mobile subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Trace Mobile&#8217;s MVNO is running on the Cell C network, added the company.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Pricing<\/h3>\n<p>Trace Mobile SIMs are available at retailers for R5.00, and data bundles can be purchased at the following prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10MB &#8211; <strong>R6.50<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>20MB &#8211; <strong>R10.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>50MB &#8211; <strong>R20.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>100MB &#8211; <strong>R29.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>300MB &#8211; <strong>R60.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>500MB &#8211; <strong>R100.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>1GB &#8211; <strong>R160.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Trace Mobile&#8217;s voice and other rates are priced as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Voice calls to local networks &#8211; <strong>R1.20 per min<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Local SMS &#8211; <strong>R0.60<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>International SMS &#8211; <strong>R2.00<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Out-of-bundle rate &#8211; <strong>R0.99 per MB<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/260015-vodacom-to-launch-new-video-content-service-soon.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Vodacom to launch new video content service soon<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media company Trace has announced the launch of Trace Mobile in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":260281,"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_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[17912,32662],"class_list":["post-260271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-data-expiry","tag-trace-mobile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260271"}],"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=260271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260283,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260271\/revisions\/260283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}