{"id":5772,"date":"2008-10-30T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T22:10:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-10-30T00:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-29T22:10:00","slug":"telkom-reveals-hsdpa-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/5772-telkom-reveals-hsdpa-prices.html","title":{"rendered":"Telkom reveals HSDPA prices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telkom recently started trialling its mobile data service based on based on W-CDMA technology, the same wireless technology used by Vodacom and MTN for their HSDPA offerings (Telkom Do 3G on the Move advertisement here<\/strong><\/a>).<\/p>\n

Telkom’s nomadic data service, Do 3G on the Move, “is a fixed-mobile service where users gain access to the Internet with a 3G modem or USB dongle and a computer. Telkom’s offering includes the latest high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) and high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA) features”.<\/p>\n

Telkom is also planning other services in its W-CDMA stable. This includes a fixed voice service and a nomadic voice service planned for later this year.<\/p>\n

Telkom currently has a well-established W-CDMA network in Gauteng. Other metropolitan areas that will be covered over the next couple of months include Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London.<\/p>\n

Pricing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Telkom has undercut Vodacom and MTN by between 10% and 25%, depending on the type of package. While the in-bundle pricing is cheaper than both MTN and Vodacom, it is not as aggressive as many industry observers expected.<\/p>\n

Telkom’s out-of-bundle rate of 30c per MB is, however, significantly cheaper than both MTN and Vodacom where out-of-bundle data rates vary from R1.20 per MB to R2 per MB.<\/p>\n

Telkom Do 3G on the Move subscribers have the option of a Huawei E220 Dongle at R1 539 or a Huawei E960 Gateway priced at R2 821.50.<\/p>\n

The following table provides a summary of the Telkom HSDPA offering:<\/p>\n

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Telkom HSDPA service<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Data package<\/font><\/td>\nCost<\/font><\/td>\nOut of bundle rate(per MB)<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
500 MB<\/td>\nR 149.00<\/td>\n30c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 GB<\/td>\nR 219.00<\/td>\n30c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 GB<\/td>\nR 349.00<\/td>\n30c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 GB<\/td>\nR 489.00<\/td>\n30c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10 GB<\/td>\nR 1499.00<\/td>\n30c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Telkom HSDPA pricing discussion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telkom has published pricing for its HSDPA broadband service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadband"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}