8ta, the mobile arm of telecommunications group Telkom (TKG), has launched a new post-paid data offering of a 10GB data bundle at R199 per month to mark its new high speed broadband network and in an effort to get “South Africans using the internet more”.
The group also noted the option of an additional 10GB Midnight Surfer data bundle at R100 per month for use between midnight and 5:00 under the new package.
“Subscribers, in essence, will be getting 20GBs of data at R299 and will therefore be paying as little as 1.5 cents per MB - the lowest mobile broadband rate available in SA,” said Amith Maharaj, managing executive of Telkom Mobile.
“To mark the launch of our new high speed network 8ta is 'going big' with an amazing promotional data offer for a limited time period,” he said.
Maharaj noted that while the offer was for a limited period, “it is important to note that customers who sign up will be eligible for the Internet 5 promotional price as well as the Midnight Surfer price for the full 24 months”.
The offer would be available from June 26 at 8ta flagship stores and selected Telkom Direct stores.
Putting its data offering into perspective, Telkom said that with the average size of an electronic music file (MP3) download of 4MB, 10GB would allow 2560 MP3 music track downloads, adding that 10GB would also enable 12 full length movie downloads if the average size of a movie was 800MB. - I-Net Bridge