Hilton Tarrant Moneyweb | 19 November, 2010
The launch of Cell C's super-fast network in Gauteng should force prices down.
The past ten weeks have been an anomaly. It's not often that service companies, especially mobile operators, launch a new service outside of the economic hub of South Africa.
Cell C did though. The choice of Port Elizabeth as its launch city for its new 4Gs high-speed 21.6Mbps HSPA+ network was somewhat unexpected, but it gave Cell C a fairly controlled test environment. Rumours of network rollout hurdles in Gauteng meant Bloemfontein, Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Cape Town, George, Nelspruit, Polokwane, Richards Bay and Emalahleni (Witbank) followed.
Finally, the operator has gone live in the market where it's really going to make a difference. For one, Vodacom, MTN and newcomer 8ta will notice.
The launch pricing is staggering. Cell C boss Lars P Reichelt won't say how long its launch offer will remain in place, but given its aggressive pricing, we may yet see more aggressive moves in the next 12 months.
You will simply not find pricing even remotely comparable to this in the market, even on DSL services if you calculate the total cost of ownership:
Click on the link above to read the whole article to get the tables and pricing.......
Monday, November 22, 2010
The fastest, cheapest broadband now in Gauteng
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