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Vodacom reduces African roaming charges by more than 70 percent
05 Apr 2012 at 08:18hrs | Views
South Africa's Vodacom customers can expect roaming savings when travelling to 6 African countries where Vodacom and Vodafone operate.
Vodacom has introduced flat rates which have resulted in roaming data rates being reduced by more than 70%, from R17,50/MB to R5/MB. In addition, roaming customers will also enjoy free incoming calls when they travel in these countries.
Commenting on the new Africa roaming service, Romeo Kumalo, Chief Commercial Officer at Vodacom says, "These rates are only applicable when roaming on the Vodacom Lesotho, Vodacom Mozambique, Vodacom Tanzania, Vodacom DRC, Vodafone Ghana and Safaricom Kenya networks. The reduced rates will automatically apply to all customers who are roaming on the networks above. Standard roaming rates will apply if roaming on a non Vodacom or Vodafone network in these countries.
Vodacom has introduced flat rates which have resulted in roaming data rates being reduced by more than 70%, from R17,50/MB to R5/MB. In addition, roaming customers will also enjoy free incoming calls when they travel in these countries.
Commenting on the new Africa roaming service, Romeo Kumalo, Chief Commercial Officer at Vodacom says, "These rates are only applicable when roaming on the Vodacom Lesotho, Vodacom Mozambique, Vodacom Tanzania, Vodacom DRC, Vodafone Ghana and Safaricom Kenya networks. The reduced rates will automatically apply to all customers who are roaming on the networks above. Standard roaming rates will apply if roaming on a non Vodacom or Vodafone network in these countries.
Source - Byo24News
