{"id":392121,"date":"2021-04-02T06:18:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T04:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=392121"},"modified":"2021-04-02T06:59:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T04:59:51","slug":"vodacom-cuts-prepaid-data-prices-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/392121-vodacom-cuts-prepaid-data-prices-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom cuts prepaid data prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom is reducing pricing on selected 30-day data bundles by up to 14% as part of its \u201ccommitment to reduce the cost to communicate and connect more people to the digital economy\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The latest price reduction includes a 14% price cut \u2013 from R99 to R85 \u2013 on the popular 1GB data bundle.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom is also giving greater value to customers by allocating up to 33% more data on selected 30-day bundles.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom has further re-introduced the 30-day 2GB bundle at R159 to give customers wider choice and more value.<\/p>\n<p>Tariffs on the 50MB, 3GB, 5GB, 10GB and 20GB 30-day bundles remain unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur aim in reducing these prices is to ensure customers are constantly connected on SA\u2019s leading network,\u201d said Vodacom\u2019s chief officer for the consumer business, Jorge Mendes.<\/p>\n<p>Since April 2019, Vodacom has almost halved the price of data. This was mainly focused on the low-end market.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom highlighted that the Just4You platform offers additional personal discounts for even more value.<\/p>\n<p>Mendes said they were investing over R50 billion over a five-year period in infrastructure and new technologies.<\/p>\n<p>This investment, he said, will increase broadband coverage and data speeds which will bridge the digital divide further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are on a mission to connect everyone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The table below provides an overview of the new Vodacom prepaid prices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#000000\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>New Vodacom Prepaid Prices<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\"><strong>New Allocation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\"><strong>Old Allocation<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\"><strong>New Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\"><strong>Old Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#F5F5F5\"><strong>Price change<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50MB<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>R12<\/td>\n<td>R12<\/td>\n<td>No price change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>200MB<\/td>\n<td>150MB<\/td>\n<td>R29<\/td>\n<td>R29<\/td>\n<td>33% value increase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>350MB<\/td>\n<td>325MB<\/td>\n<td>R49<\/td>\n<td>R55<\/td>\n<td>8% value increase, 11% price reduction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>500MB<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>R69<\/td>\n<td>R79<\/td>\n<td>13% price reduction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1GB<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>R85<\/td>\n<td>R99<\/td>\n<td>14% price reduction<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2GB<\/td>\n<td>New Bundle<\/td>\n<td>R159<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>New Bundle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3GB<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>R229<\/td>\n<td>R229<\/td>\n<td>No price change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5GB<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>R349<\/td>\n<td>R349<\/td>\n<td>No price change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10GB<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>R469<\/td>\n<td>R469<\/td>\n<td>No price change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20GB<\/td>\n<td>&#8211;<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<td>No price change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/387686-vodacom-and-google-give-away-hundreds-of-smartphones.html\">Vodacom and Google give away hundreds of smartphones<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom is reducing the price of some of its 30-day data bundles as \u201cpart of its ongoing commitment to reduce the cost\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":392123,"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":[35,41],"class_list":["post-392121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-headline","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392121"}],"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=392121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}