{"id":13859,"date":"2012-05-29T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T08:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=13859"},"modified":"2012-05-29T10:03:41","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T08:03:41","slug":"cell-c-slices-international-call-costs-to-99c-pmin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/13859\/cell-c-slices-international-call-costs-to-99c-pmin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell C slices international call costs to 99c p\/min"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cell C<\/a> will cut international call costs to 99c per minute on per second billing effective 30 May 2012.<\/p>\n

Cell C announced a new promotion that sees non\u2013VOIP<\/a> call rates to five international destinations \u2013 UK, USA, China, India and Pakistan \u2013 drop to 99c per minute with per second billing. The promotion runs until 31 August 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to give our customers a simple, attractive, high quality international voice rate. Simple insofar as it applies to fixed and mobile networks in the various countries, and is at our landmark 99c per minute rate on per second billing,\u201d said Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are not using VOIP, but pure circuit switching ensuring the best voice quality possible. Once again, we are offering the most competitive non-VOIP rate in the market with no hidden costs or any ambiguous terms and conditions. Any of our customers, whether they are prepaid, hybrid, or postpaid will automatically be billed at the new rate. No special or new sim card is required,\u201d says Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig.<\/p>\n

According to Cell C the promotional rate is an effective 91% reduction in Cell C\u2019s call rates to the UK, USA, China, India and Pakistan and represents a 72% saving when compared to the rates offered by its competitors in the mobile market.<\/p>\n

The countries that are included in the promotion are five of the most popular international calling destinations outside the borders of Africa. The 99c per minute rate applies regardless of the time the call is made.<\/p>\n

\u201cShould our customers be happy with the new international rates, which are now the same price as a local call, then we will notify ICASA<\/a> of our intention to make them fixed rates. We will also add another 16 countries at 99c per minute on per second billing on 1 July 2012,\u201d said Knott-Craig.<\/p>\n

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