{"id":409256,"date":"2021-08-10T16:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=409256"},"modified":"2021-08-10T16:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T14:08:53","slug":"mtn-slashes-data-prices-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/409256-mtn-slashes-data-prices-2.html","title":{"rendered":"MTN slashes data prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MTN announced that it would reduce its 30-day data bundle pricing in its ongoing work to reduce the cost to communicate in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The new data pricing will be available to all MTN customers. MTN said it would roll out the price changes across its sales channels in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been consistent in our efforts to lower the price of data for our customers over the past few years,&#8221; said MTN SA CEO Godfrey Motsa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our approach ensures that South Africans from all walks of life can benefit from these price reductions \u2014 from those on the &#8216;day-to-day hustle,&#8217; to the office worker navigating work from home arrangements, to an online learner \u2014 all will benefit from more affordable data.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Motsa said that this further reduction in data prices and MTN&#8217;s efforts to support small businesses are some of the most impactful ways they believe they can reignite the economy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our efforts in this regard will be further enabled by the allocation of much-needed spectrum,\u201d said Motsa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A successful and sustainable South Africa needs large and small businesses prospering side by side and immediate release of the high demand spectrum that continuously reduces data prices even further,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_323822\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Godfrey-Motsa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-323822\" class=\"size-full wp-image-323822\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Godfrey-Motsa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Godfrey-Motsa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Godfrey-Motsa-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Godfrey-Motsa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Godfrey-Motsa-640x426.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-323822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Godfrey Motsa, MTN SA CEO<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The company summarised the changes to its product prices as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sub-1GB 30-day data bundles have been reduced by up to 26%.<\/li>\n<li>The 1GB data bundle has been reduced by 14%.<\/li>\n<li>Data bundles larger than 1GB have been reduced by up to 60%.<\/li>\n<li>MTN has also added more data value for night-time use starting from the 2GB bundle and above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These price reductions follow MTN&#8217;s cuts from earlier this year when it reduced the prices of its hourly and daily data bundles by up to 20%.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;MTN is committed to doing as much as we can to reduce data prices, increase small business support and grow black economic empowerment. We want to be a part of rebuilding Mzansi, and we are ready to lead from the front for a better South Africa for all,&#8221; said Motsa.<\/p>\n<p>The table below summarises MTN&#8217;s price changes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Previous data<\/th>\n<th>Previous price<\/th>\n<th>New data<\/th>\n<th>New price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>200MB<\/td>\n<td>R39<\/td>\n<td>200MB<\/td>\n<td>R29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>350MB<\/td>\n<td>R60<\/td>\n<td>350MB<\/td>\n<td>R49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>500MB<\/td>\n<td>R75<\/td>\n<td>500MB<\/td>\n<td>R69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1GB<\/td>\n<td>R99<\/td>\n<td>1GB<\/td>\n<td>R85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1.5GB<\/td>\n<td>R149<\/td>\n<td>1.5GB<\/td>\n<td>R99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2GB<\/td>\n<td>R189<\/td>\n<td>2GB (day) + 2GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3GB<\/td>\n<td>R229<\/td>\n<td>3GB (day) + 3GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>New product<\/td>\n<td>4GB (day) + 4GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6GB<\/td>\n<td>R349<\/td>\n<td>6GB (day) + 6GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10GB<\/td>\n<td>R469<\/td>\n<td>10 GB (day) + 10GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R469<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20GB<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<td>20GB (day) + 20GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R599<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30GB<\/td>\n<td>R999<\/td>\n<td>30GB (day) + 30GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R1 499<\/td>\n<td>50GB (day) + 50GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R799<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100GB<\/td>\n<td>R2 499<\/td>\n<td>100GB (day) + 100GB (night)<\/td>\n<td>R999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/5g\/407114-mtn-5g-network-expansion-in-south-africa.html\">MTN 5G network expansion in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN has announced substantial price reductions on its 30-day data bundles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":392903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[35061,35,42],"class_list":["post-409256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-godfrey-motsa","tag-headline","tag-mtn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409256"}],"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=409256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":409260,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409256\/revisions\/409260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}