{"id":282459,"date":"2018-11-07T09:15:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T07:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=282459"},"modified":"2018-11-07T09:15:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T07:15:32","slug":"fnb-connect-expands-4g-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/282459\/fnb-connect-expands-4g-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"FNB Connect expands 4G coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FNB Connect says it is boosting its 3G and 4G coverage through a recently-announced multi-billion rand roaming agreement with Cell C and MTN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The increased network coverage highlights our commitment to ensuring that we provide customers with the best services, and through our partner relationships ensure that our customer needs are a priority,&#8221; said Shadrack Palmer, CCO of FNB Connect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a result of this new roaming agreement, expected to be completed by the end of the year, customers will experience an enhanced network quality and faster download speeds.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No action is required from our customers as their phones will automatically and seamlessly switch between base stations, ensuring a far better call and data services experience,&#8221; said Palmer.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the bank is continually looking at enriching its product offerings with good value and convenience for its customers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our aim is to help our customers to connect more, through great deals we bring to the market and our continuous effort to simplify SIM packages and rates structures,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>The bank currently has over half a million active SIMs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong> Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/279405\/complaints-against-sa-telecom-companies-are-starting-to-stack-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Complaints against SA telecom companies are starting to stack up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FNB Connect said that the agreement will lead to a far better call and data services experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":232963,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-282459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-telecommunications","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282467,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282459\/revisions\/282467"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}