{"id":440919,"date":"2020-10-15T09:17:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T07:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=440919"},"modified":"2020-10-15T09:17:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T07:17:56","slug":"rain-launches-unlimited-data-package-for-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/440919\/rain-launches-unlimited-data-package-for-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain launches unlimited data package for phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rain has launched a new unlimited 4G data package for mobile phones priced at R379 per month on a month-to-month contract.<\/p>\n<p>The service offers unlimited data, but with restrictions on the streaming resolution and the ability to use your phone as a hotspot.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Basic streaming resolution will only provide a streaming quality resolution of up to 360p;<\/li>\n<li>The service will not allow you to use your smartphone as a mobile hotspot;<\/li>\n<li>The service can only be used on 4G phones.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This new unlimited \u201c4G for phones\u201d service complements Rain\u2019s existing 19-hours unlimited off-peak service for R250 per month.<\/p>\n<p>The unlimited off-peak service does not have any restrictions on streaming or being used as a hotspot, but data is charged at R50 per GB between 18:00 and 23:00.<\/p>\n<p>This service can also be used in any device, while the new \u201c4G for phones\u201d service can only be used in smartphones.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rain 4G products compared<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The table below provides an overview of Rain\u2019s current 4G products.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-440925\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rain.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rain.png 491w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Rain-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The screenshot below provides an overview of Rain\u2019s new \u201c4G for phones\u201d product.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4G-phones.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-440929 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4G-phones.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"909\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4G-phones.png 909w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4G-phones-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/4G-phones-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 909px) 100vw, 909px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This article was first published on MyBroadband. You can read the original article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/371541-rain-launches-unlimited-4g-data-for-phones-for-r379.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/440311\/rain-appoints-new-chief-executive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rain appoints new chief executive<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rain has launched a new unlimited 4G data package for mobile phones priced at R379 per month on a month-to-month contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":390957,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-440919","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\/440919","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=440919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440937,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440919\/revisions\/440937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}