{"id":37318,"date":"2013-05-07T13:29:37","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T11:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=37318"},"modified":"2013-05-08T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T07:24:25","slug":"vodacom-hits-back-at-telkom-mobile-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/37318\/vodacom-hits-back-at-telkom-mobile-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom hits back at Telkom Mobile ads"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Vodacom\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/1639-Vodacom\">Vodacom<\/a> has launched a new advertising campaign highlighting the benefits of its \u2018limitless\u2019 Red VIP smartphone price plan over <a title=\"Telkom Mobile\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/8232-Telkom-Mobile\">Telkom Mobile<\/a>\u2019s Unlimited product.<\/p>\n<p>This marketing campaign by Vodacom follows radio and TV advertisements by Telkom Mobile which poked fun at Vodacom\u2019s \u2018limitless\u2019 products.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom Mobile and Vodacom are offering smartphone plans with unlimited calls, but Telkom Mobile\u2019s offering is significantly cheaper than Vodacom\u2019s.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vodacom Red for R1,999 per month: Limitless calls, Limitless SMSs and 1.5GB of data<\/li>\n<li>Telkom Mobile Unlimited Voice for R1,199 per month: Unlimited calls, No SMSs, No data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Telkom Mobile is making the most of its cheaper rate, although it does not offer the same as Vodacom, in its new advertising campaign.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ab5H-2tRUoc\" height=\"337\" width=\"597\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Vodacom hits back at Telkom Mobile<\/h3>\n<p>Vodacom has now hit back at Telkom Mobile, pointing out that its \u2018limitless\u2019 Red VIP smartphone price plan offers far more value than its competitor\u2019s unlimited product.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37321\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-Limitless-versus-Unlimited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37321\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37321\" alt=\"Vodacom Limitless versus Unlimited\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-Limitless-versus-Unlimited.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-Limitless-versus-Unlimited.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-Limitless-versus-Unlimited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-Limitless-versus-Unlimited-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37321\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vodacom Limitless versus Unlimited<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Vodacom also pokes fun at Telkom Mobile, saying that \u201cpeople who believe limitless is not a real word are just not very well red\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37319\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-limitless-Red-ad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37319\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37319\" alt=\"Vodacom limitless Red ad\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-limitless-Red-ad.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-limitless-Red-ad.jpg 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-limitless-Red-ad-300x143.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-37319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vodacom limitless Red ad<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In another advertisement Vodacom points out that Limitless is indeed a real word, and that \u201cif your network gave you any data [which Telkom Mobile\u2019s unlimited plan does not offer] you could Google it\u201d.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_37320\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-limitless-Red-Google-ad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37320\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37320\" alt=\"Vodacom limitless Red Google ad\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-limitless-Red-Google-ad.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Vodacom-limitless-Red-Google-ad.jpg 600w, 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