{"id":73482,"date":"2013-03-18T14:07:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T12:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=73482"},"modified":"2013-03-19T08:33:38","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T06:33:38","slug":"vodacom-lte-prepaid-launch-date-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/73482-vodacom-lte-prepaid-launch-date-revealed.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom LTE prepaid launch date revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pre-paid and Top Up customers on the <a title=\"Vodacom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227063-Vodacom\">Vodacom<\/a> network will be able to access to Long Term Evolution (<a title=\"LTE\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/367212-Long-term-Evolution-(LTE)\">LTE<\/a>) services from tomorrow (19 March 2013), according to two industry sources.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about its plans, Vodacom confirmed information that LTE activations and services won&#8217;t cost anything extra, but declined to comment on when pre-paid and Top Up customers will be able to access the services.<\/p>\n<p>Users that insert their compatible 64k or 128k SIM in an LTE device will automatically have their SIM provisioned for LTE services, our sources revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the information received by MyBroadband, customers must have the following to use the LTE network:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A Vodacom supported LTE device;<\/li>\n<li>A 64k or 128k SIM card in the Vodacom LTE device and as a primary SIM card;<\/li>\n<li>The LTE device APN must be set to lte.vodacom.za;<\/li>\n<li>The network mode of the device must be set to \u201cAutomatic\u201d;<\/li>\n<li>The customer needs to be in an LTE coverage area;<\/li>\n<li>iPhone 5 customers must upgrade to iOS 6.1.2;<\/li>\n<li>Once the SIM card is inserted and device switched on, the LTE service will automatically be activated within 24 hours, from Monday to Friday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sources also said that manual activation will be possible at any time in store, by calling Customer Care or by logging in to My Account on the Vodacom website.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribers that don\u2019t have a 64k or 128k SIM will need to visit a Vodacom store and perform a SIM swap.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More Vodacom and LTE news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/72842-mtn-lte-supporting-more-devices-soon.html\"><strong>MTN LTE supporting more devices soon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/72856-pre-paid-lte-coming-to-vodacom.html\"><strong>Pre-paid LTE coming to Vodacom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/columns\/72664-the-cold-hard-truth-about-broadband-in-sa.html\"><strong>The cold, hard truth about broadband in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/72822-you-will-pay-more-for-mtn-lte.html\"><strong>You will pay more for MTN LTE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/71548-vodacom-to-cage-out-of-bundle-shark.html\"><strong>Vodacom to cage \u201cout-of-bundle shark\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LTE will soon become available to Vodacom\u2019s prepaid 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