{"id":130974,"date":"2016-07-22T08:58:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T06:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=130974"},"modified":"2016-07-22T09:34:59","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T07:34:59","slug":"telkom-has-just-made-a-massive-mobile-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/130974\/telkom-has-just-made-a-massive-mobile-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Telkom has just made a massive mobile play &#8211; free calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom has launched its new FreeMe contract packages, which offer aggressive prices and simplify its product offering.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribers will select the amount of data they want, and then pay for off-network calls.<\/p>\n<p>Each contract includes free calls and messaging on WhatsApp, BBM, and Viber, as well as free on-network calls and 50 free SMS messages per day.<\/p>\n<p>The contracts are priced as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1GB: <strong>R99<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2GB: <strong>R149<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>5GB: <strong>R299<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>10GB: <strong>R399<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>20GB: <strong>R599<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Unlimited: <strong>R999<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Prepaid subscribers will be able to buy these\u00a0packages as monthly bundles at the same price.<\/p>\n<p>The free messages and calling on WhatsApp, BBM, and Viber are limited to 2GB of usage per month.<\/p>\n<p>Free calls to Telkom Mobile and Telkom fixed-line numbers have a fair usage limit of 3,000 minutes per month.<\/p>\n<p>The 20GB and Unlimited packages include free calls to other network operators, limited to 1,500 and 3,000 minutes per month respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Out-of-bundle and top-up rates on FreeMe contracts are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Voice:<\/strong> R0.69 per minute, billed per second.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Data:<\/strong> R0.29 per MB.<\/li>\n<li><strong>SMS:<\/strong> R0.30 per message.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The contracts will be available from 25 July.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Telkom-FreeMe-prices.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-new-size wp-image-130976\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Telkom-FreeMe-prices-640x419.jpg\" alt=\"Telkom FreeMe prices\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Telkom-FreeMe-prices.jpg 640w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Telkom-FreeMe-prices-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on mobile<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Absa launches new online banking site and mobile banking app\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/banking\/130550\/absa-launches-new-website-and-banking-app\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Absa launches new online banking site and mobile banking 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