Vodacom launches low flat rates for Africa roaming

Vodacom South Africa customers can expect huge roaming savings when travelling to six African countries where Vodacom and Vodafone operate. These countries include the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique and Tanzania. Vodacom is leveraging its presence and that of its parent company Vodafone in these African countries, to provide customers who travel to these countries with reduced rates applicable across the Vodacom and Vodafone networks.

The flat rates have resulted in roaming data rates being reduced by more than 70%, from USD2.21 to only USD0.634 per MB. In addition, roaming customers will also enjoy free incoming calls when they travel in these countries.

For voice calls, local voice calls are billed at USD0.36 per minute and calls back to South Africa, or international calls, at USD0.634 per minute. Incoming SMSes are free, local and international outgoing SMSes are billed at USD0.19.

Romeo Kumalo, Chief Commercial Officer at Vodacom, says: "We know that people want to remain connected whether they are at home or on holiday in Mozambique, and that nobody likes the headache of worrying about roaming bills.  What we're launching is a solution to give our customers peace of mind when travelling. They now have one low roaming rate across our African family of networks and an especially aggressive data rate - just in time for the Easter holidays."

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.


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This article was originally posted on Africa ICT & Telecom Network

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