{"id":382223,"date":"2020-03-17T07:21:37","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T05:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=382223"},"modified":"2020-03-17T07:21:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T05:21:37","slug":"rain-launches-unlimited-4g-data-for-r479-per-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/382223\/rain-launches-unlimited-4g-data-for-r479-per-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain launches \u201cunlimited\u201d 4G data for R479 per month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rain has launched a new \u201cunlimited\u201d 4G data offering for South Africans, priced at R479 per month.<\/p>\n<p>The product is a 4G\/LTE SIM which can be used in compatible home routers, smartphones, tablets, or MiFi devices.<\/p>\n<p>The SIM will provide users with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Speeds up to 10Mbps<\/li>\n<li>Basic streaming resolution (360p)<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited data<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cRain\u2019s goal is to offer South Africans a choice of affordable unlimited data products,\u201d said chief executive officer, Willem Roos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsers will experience download speeds of up to 10Mbps and basic quality video streaming. Rain continues to offer its unlimited off-peak product \u2013 for R250 per month \u2013 as well as its 5G data offerings that allow faster speeds and higher resolution streaming,\u201d said the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new product is suitable for use on any 4G\/LTE device, so South Africans can connect with work on their usual platforms, do remote learning, stay in touch with social media, shop online for essentials, and watch their favourite streaming services.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rain said its 4G offering is available in all South African metros, and coverage is growing daily.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Breaking: \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rainSouthAfrica?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@rainSouthAfrica<\/a>\u2069 is making data more affordable. Unlimited 4G now for only R479 per month. Works for home WiFi or in your phone. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gObBWWhDV6\">https:\/\/t.co\/gObBWWhDV6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Jordaan (@MichaelJordaan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MichaelJordaan\/status\/1239777410465308672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rain 5G \u201cStandard\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The new 4G product from Rain follows the company launching a speed-limited 5G product in February.<\/p>\n<p>Rain\u2019s new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/5g\/340141-rain-launches-new-uncapped-5g-service-for-r699.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Standard 5G package<\/strong><\/a> will let users stream video at \u201cstandard quality\u201d \u2013 which is a resolution of 480p \u2013 and access download speeds of 30Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>Data usage is uncapped, and Rain will also supply users with a free-to-use Huawei 5G outdoor CPE.<\/p>\n<p>The new 5G product is priced at R699 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Rain told MyBroadband that its objective with the new 5G package is to deliver affordable, unlimited data to South Africans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order to achieve that, Rain must be able to give customers choices for 5G at prices they can afford,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Rain added that the 480p streaming cap was implemented in order to make their product more affordable.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/376799\/rain-has-launched-an-uncapped-5g-service-for-r699\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rain has launched an uncapped 5G service for R699<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rain has launched a new \u201cunlimited\u201d 4G data offering for South Africans, priced at R479 per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":214989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26,11939],"class_list":["post-382223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline","tag-rain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382223","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\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382229,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382223\/revisions\/382229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}