Rain previously said it was planning to launch commercial 5G products in September, but there is now uncertainty about the company\u2019s 5G launch.<\/p>\n
In February, Rain launched its 5G network<\/strong><\/a> in Johannesburg using Huawei\u2019s equipment, including its core network, bearer network, and base station systems.<\/p>\n Rain CEO Willem Roos added that the network will provide fibre-like speeds without the \u201cinstallation complexities, time delays, and cost of laying fibre\u201d.<\/p>\n The company added that it will cover major cities in South Africa with its 5G network, including Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban.<\/p>\n Rain said at the time that it would launch commercial 5G products and plans in September 2019.<\/p>\n MyBroadband followed up with Rain about its 5G launch scheduled for this month, but this may not happen as planned.<\/p>\n “The Rain team continues to work hard to launch our 5G offering in the near future,\u201d Roos told MyBroadband.<\/p>\n When asked whether Rain will still meet its own September launch deadline, Roos said he could not confirm the launch date with certainty.<\/p>\n He added that he could not answer questions about the launch, planned products, and how it will affect its current mobile offerings at this stage.<\/p>\n The planned launch of Rain\u2019s 5G products also impacts the mobile operator\u2019s existing mobile packages.<\/p>\n Rain\u2019s chief marketing officer Khaya Dlanga previously said new mobile tariffs would be introduced<\/strong><\/a> when the company launched its commercial 5G products.<\/p>\n The new mobile products may also see the company\u2019s popular R250 Unlimited Off-Peak plan being discontinued.<\/p>\n Rain initially planned to stop its unlimited offer on 30 June 2019, but this decision was put on hold until it launched its new 5G products.<\/p>\n Rain CEO Willem Roos said the company’s 5G launch plans are less certain than before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":284496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[35,59435,43716,46832],"class_list":["post-319105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-headline","tag-khaya-dlanga","tag-rain","tag-willem-roos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319105"}],"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=319105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319221,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319105\/revisions\/319221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Uncertainty about 5G launch<\/h3>\n
New Rain mobile products<\/h3>\n
Now read: Rain\u2019s R250 unlimited off-peak plan to end, but some good news<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"