{"id":45964,"date":"2013-09-16T10:19:26","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T08:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=45964"},"modified":"2013-09-16T14:24:06","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T12:24:06","slug":"mtn-takes-cheaper-calls-to-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/45964\/mtn-takes-cheaper-calls-to-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"MTN takes cheaper calls to Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

MTN has introduced its lowest international call rate promotion to selected African destinations for as little 75 cents per minute.<\/p>\n

This adds several “key” African countries to the promotion announced on 10 September, which will be running until the end of the month.<\/p>\n

MTN customers will now be able to make calls to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Lesotho and Swaziland at the new rates, which range between R0.75 and R8.99.<\/p>\n

The following table, provides an overview of MTN\u2019s lowest international call rates into Africa.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Destination<\/strong><\/td>\nRate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nigeria<\/td>\nR0.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Angola<\/td>\nR0.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lesotho<\/td>\nR1.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mozambique<\/td>\nR1.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Swaziland<\/td>\nR1.69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kenya<\/td>\nR1.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Botswana<\/td>\nR1.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Egypt<\/td>\nR1.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Namibia<\/td>\nR2.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Malawi<\/td>\nR2.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uganda<\/td>\nR2.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cote d’Ivoire<\/td>\nR2.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rwanda<\/td>\nR2.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ethiopa<\/td>\nR2.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gabon<\/td>\nR2.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ghana<\/td>\nR2.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Niger<\/td>\nR2.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chad<\/td>\nR2.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tanzania<\/td>\nR3.59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zimbabwe<\/td>\nR3.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liberia<\/td>\nR3.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Senegal<\/td>\nR4.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Congo<\/td>\nR4.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somalia<\/td>\nR6.19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Libya<\/td>\nR6.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Burundi<\/td>\nR6.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tonga<\/td>\nR6.29<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gambia<\/td>\nR8.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Algeria<\/td>\nR8.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Madagascar<\/td>\nR8.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sierra Leone<\/td>\nR8.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tunisia<\/td>\nR8.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

MTN SA chief marketing officer, Brian Gouldie said that the promotional countries were extended after MTN observed a need amongst a large base of its customers to make calls to African countries.<\/p>\n

The new international call rates are all billed on a per second basis.<\/p>\n

The promotion started on 8 September 2013, and the new rates will be available until the end of the month of September 2013.<\/p>\n

Other countries that are part of the 75 cents promotions include: Bangladesh, China, India, Portugal, Belgium, France, Netherlands, UK, USA, Canada and Germany.<\/p>\n

The new international call rates are only available to MTN PayAsYouGo and MTN Zone TopUp customers.<\/p>\n

More news on MTN<\/h3>\n

MTN eyes mobile money growth<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

New mobile-only bank to launch in SA?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MTN launches low-cost banking solution<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MTN revisits mobile money space<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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