{"id":546506,"date":"2005-06-28T13:28:02","date_gmt":"2005-06-28T13:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/546506-mtn-launches-3g-service.html"},"modified":"2005-06-28T13:28:02","modified_gmt":"2005-06-28T13:28:02","slug":"mtn-launches-3g-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/546506-mtn-launches-3g-service.html","title":{"rendered":"MTN launches 3G Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font size=\"2\">MTN sees their new 3G service as a firm competitor in the broadband arena. One of their main aims is to connect the masses and deliver these services at a low cost.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">MTN\u2019s focus lies heavily on connecting through handsets as most subscribers already have handsets and it makes sense to use a medium that the user is familiar with. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">There are four 3G enabled handsets: the Nokia 6680, Motorola V975, Samsung Z130 and Sony Ericsson Z800i and both pre- and postpaid subscribers can connect to the network with the 3G compliant handsets.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">MTN currently offer 1Gig for R499 per month. One megabyte of data will cost R2 but by loading any one of the bolt-on bundles subscribers can pay as little as R0.49 per megabyte.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">This pricing may deter most the high capacity users.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">MTN have chosen a \u2018pay for what you use\u2019 package as opposed to an \u2018all you can eat\u2019 strategy as this will allow MTN to provide the maximum speed to all subscribers at all times. It will also work out to be more cost effective.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Videocalls will be free for the first 3 months and thereafter the cost is R2.00 for postpaid and R3.00 for prepaid subscribers. Unfortunately, users will not be able as yet to make videocalls between the 3G and MTN network.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Customers have the opportunity to upgrade their handsets and can opt for various bolt-on data bundles. There is also the CorporateMobility package tailored to meet the needs of the corporate and SME segments.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">Phumlanie Moholi, Chief Technical Officer of MTN South Africa, stated that \u201c MTN remains committed to providing its customers with a seamless broadband experience by further investing in its network and developing tailor-made wireless broadband solutions for customers in both rural and urban areas.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">MTN\u2019s 3G service will initially be available in Johannesburg, Midrand, Pretoria, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and Bloemfontein.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"2\">MTN plans to hold trials for their HSDPA network in the second half of the year but were unable to provide specifics regarding the launch of this service.<\/font><\/p>\n<p \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN has officially launched its wireless 3G service today with aspirations of capturing a large chunk of the broadband market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"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":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-546506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546506"}],"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=546506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/546506\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=546506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=546506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=546506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}