Free Telkom data for SA students
Telkom said it plans to provide mobile data services to students who cannot access academic materials due to the ongoing student protests.
The company said many universities have made lecture and study material available online while campuses are closed to students.
“This may result in further anxiety for students who… must now find additional funds to purchase the data needed to access the materials,” said Telkom.
Telkom will offer a solution which will allow universities to offer free access to academic materials.
“Telkom’s Reverse Bill URL service allows students using a Telkom mobile prepaid or postpaid SIM card to access content on a university website without paying for data consumption.”
“Students accessing academic material via Telkom ISP will also benefit from free data as Telkom already zero rates this traffic.”
Telkom said universities would normally have to pay for the data charges, but it has decided to “waive the data consumption costs until the end of the academic year”.
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