{"id":643979,"date":"2026-04-28T15:41:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=643979"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T13:49:18","slug":"afrihost-wireless-lte-and-5g-internet-price-increases-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/643979-afrihost-wireless-lte-and-5g-internet-price-increases-announced.html","title":{"rendered":"Afrihost Wireless LTE and 5G Internet price increases announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Afrihost has notified customers that the prices of its Pure Wireless products will increase on 1 June 2026. The prices for new customers have already changed on Afrihost\u2019s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou deserve to have the best experience possible, and this change will help make sure we can keep your Pure Internet Joy flowing,\u201d Afrihost said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe promise you that we will never, ever rest in our quest to give you the absolute best internet in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Afrihost\u2019s uncapped and capped Pure Wireless Internet prices are affected by the changes. Customers on a capped package will get more anytime data from 1 June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlease note that all data will now be classified as anytime data. There will no longer be a split between your nighttime and anytime data moving forward,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afrihost\u2019s Pure Wireless products run on MTN\u2019s network. MTN implemented price increases across its postpaid and month-to-month product lines on 1 February 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN said the price adjustments led to an average 9.7% increase in subscription fees. In addition to the adjustment in subscription fees, MTN said there would also be an 8% average increase in voice rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other components, such as device fees, insurance fees, value-added service fees, out-of-bundle data rates, and add-on voice, SMS, and data bundle prices, will remain unchanged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN stated that, overall, this will result in an average bill increase of 5.4% across its contract subscriber base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average inflation rate for 2025 was 3.2% \u2014 the lowest rate in 21 years, according to Stats SA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlthough general consumer inflation has eased, MTN and the telecommunication sector in South Africa continue to face steeper increases in operational costs,\u201d the network operator said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was driven by electricity price increases and measures to protect and restore network infrastructure from vandalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese factors, together with our ongoing investment in network resilience and capacity, have made the price adjustments essential to maintain our network and deliver superior connectivity for customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MTN said the price adjustments were necessary to sustain its ongoing investment in network expansion, infrastructure resilience, and customer experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afrihost Pure Wireless Internet price increases<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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ZTE G5TS router, which Afrihost provides for its fixed wireless access products<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

MyBroadband analysed Afrihost\u2019s price increases for its Pure Wireless Internet products, which will kick in on 1 June 2026, and found they ranged from 5% to 20%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its Wireless Plus package, which offers unrestricted speeds below a set monthly usage threshold, will rise from R949 to R999 per month \u2014 a 5% increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wireless Plus is subject to a monthly threshold of 1TB. Once you\u2019ve reached your monthly data limit, the connection speed is limited to 4Mbps for the remainder of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are intermediate thresholds, too. Once customers reach 250GB of usage, their connection speeds will be limited to 50 Mbps for the remainder of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, when they reach 500GB of usage, their connection speed will be limited to 20Mbps for the remainder of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afrihost Pure Wireless Internet customers with 100Mbps uncapped and 10GB capped products will see the largest proportional increases to their monthly subscription fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uncapped 100Mbps subscribers will see their monthly fee swell from R599 to R693 \u2014 a 15.7% increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Capped 10GB customers will see a 20% increase, from R49 to R59 per month. However, their 5GB of night-time-only data has been converted into anytime data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The table below summarises the price increases. For capped packages, half the monthly data allocation that was previously reserved for nighttime usage is now anytime data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MyBroadband contacted Afrihost for comment on the price increases, and this article will be updated with their feedback when received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afrihost Wireless product<\/th>Old  Price<\/th>New  Price<\/th>Increase<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Uncapped MTN Pure Wireless<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
20Mbps<\/td>R299<\/em><\/td>R319<\/strong><\/td>7%<\/td><\/tr>
50Mbps<\/td>R399<\/em><\/td>R429<\/strong><\/td>8%<\/td><\/tr>
100Mbps<\/td>R599<\/em><\/td>R693<\/strong><\/td>16%<\/td><\/tr>
Wireless  Plus<\/td>R949<\/em><\/td>R999<\/strong><\/td>5%<\/td><\/tr>
Capped MTN Pure Wireless<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
10GB<\/td>R49<\/em><\/td>R59<\/strong><\/td>20%<\/td><\/tr>
80GB<\/td>R199<\/em><\/td>R219<\/strong><\/td>10%<\/td><\/tr>
180GB<\/td>R349<\/em><\/td>R369<\/strong><\/td>6%<\/td><\/tr>
400GB<\/td>R549<\/em><\/td>R589<\/strong><\/td>7%<\/td><\/tr>
800GB<\/td>R749<\/em><\/td>R799<\/strong><\/td>7%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Afrihost has notified customers that the prices of its MTN-based Pure Wireless products will increase on 1 June 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":626668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1669,96994],"class_list":["post-643979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-afrihost","tag-pure-internet-joy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643979"}],"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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643991,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643979\/revisions\/643991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}