MTN offers cheap Internet for feature phones
MTN has introduced MTN SurferLite, a pilot project that aims to provide customers with feature phones access to the Internet at minimal cost.
The MTN SurferLite platform enables digital information and entertainment on feature and Java-enabled phones.
MTN said its new product would provide access to news, email, Facebook, Twitter, MTN Football, NBA Scores, Dictionary, Sudoku and more.
The group said it plans to extend the capabilities of the platform in future to also include accessibility to e-government services, local health and education related matters, job search and others.
The data is free; however, to request information will cost users 5 cents, MTN said.
Peter Malebye, MTN SA GM said: “The MTN SurferLite application provides an introductory data service to the digital world to customers by delivering an affordable experience that allows non-Internet customers access to content that is otherwise only available on an Internet-enabled phone.”
“With this platform, we hope to not only address the growing needs for access to basic Internet content by a large portion of the South African population while leveraging other broadband technologies that MTN has built,” Malebye said.
MTN worked with Mobile-XL, a California-based technology company, for its platform.
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