What I'd like to see from Vodacom in 2009. Preferably in the earlier part of the year 
1. Real time data billing for contract customers (long overdue)
2. Data bundle roll over - up to 60 days on 5 April 2009 - Details
3. Some competition in the mobile data space. Made up of:
3.1 Telkom (of all people) has undercut both Vodacom and MTN (who strangely enough have exactly the same pricing structure). Someone needs to make a move here.
3.2 Reduced bundle rates or larger caps for the same price when Seacom lands in the middle of the year.
4. Better out of bundle (OOB) rates or at the very least give people the same OOB rate as what their bundle is. Exmple: if you have 2GB bundle and you use it up you pay 19c/mb OOB for the remainder of the month or the 30 days in which you activated it. Implemented through Broadband Advanced on 5 April 2009 - Article - Details
5. Scrapping the R49/m 3.6 service fee. I suspect this might be under consideration once there is enough backhaul for 7.2, so you get 3.6 free and pay for 7.2. Otherwise if MTN and Telkom prove themselves Vodacom might just be forced to scrap it completely. - 3.6 service fee dropped on 1 April 2009. 7.2 Implemented as part of Broadband Advanced - Details
6. DataSIM on pre-paid and top-up.
7. Vodacom actually leveraging their Vodafone partnership to reduce handset pay-in costs. Word in the MTN forum is that Vodacom is way overpriced.
8. Consolidated account. i.e. one account for WiFi hotspots and 3G data etc. all using one pool of data (I know this is being worked on but has a number of logistical issues attached to it).
9. Free itemised billing for data on v4m. ADSL users get their data usage reports for free, why can't we?
10. Confess to your interconnect sins with MTN and give us some relief on voice costs.
Updated: 2009-04-09
1. Real time data billing for contract customers (long overdue)
2. Data bundle roll over - up to 60 days on 5 April 2009 - Details
3. Some competition in the mobile data space. Made up of:
3.1 Telkom (of all people) has undercut both Vodacom and MTN (who strangely enough have exactly the same pricing structure). Someone needs to make a move here.
3.2 Reduced bundle rates or larger caps for the same price when Seacom lands in the middle of the year.
4. Better out of bundle (OOB) rates or at the very least give people the same OOB rate as what their bundle is. Exmple: if you have 2GB bundle and you use it up you pay 19c/mb OOB for the remainder of the month or the 30 days in which you activated it. Implemented through Broadband Advanced on 5 April 2009 - Article - Details
5. Scrapping the R49/m 3.6 service fee. I suspect this might be under consideration once there is enough backhaul for 7.2, so you get 3.6 free and pay for 7.2. Otherwise if MTN and Telkom prove themselves Vodacom might just be forced to scrap it completely. - 3.6 service fee dropped on 1 April 2009. 7.2 Implemented as part of Broadband Advanced - Details
6. DataSIM on pre-paid and top-up.
7. Vodacom actually leveraging their Vodafone partnership to reduce handset pay-in costs. Word in the MTN forum is that Vodacom is way overpriced.
8. Consolidated account. i.e. one account for WiFi hotspots and 3G data etc. all using one pool of data (I know this is being worked on but has a number of logistical issues attached to it).
9. Free itemised billing for data on v4m. ADSL users get their data usage reports for free, why can't we?
10. Confess to your interconnect sins with MTN and give us some relief on voice costs.
Updated: 2009-04-09
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