Mobile broadband pricing comparison

Rudolph Muller / MyBroadband

Cell C has cut its mobile broadband prices by over 50% while MTN and 8ta has extended their mobile data promotions.

Cell C has slashed the price of their 500MB and 2GB postpaid data packages and their 24GB prepaid SIM products. The postpaid price cuts were in excess of 50%.

Cell C’s price cuts followed announcements from MTN and 8ta that they have extended their 2GB prepaid data and GoBig promotions respectively.

Vodacom is also currently running a mobile broadband promotion for contract subscribers, offering them a 1GB data package and modem for R99 and 2GB and a modem for R149 per month.

This raises the question of how the different mobile broadband promotions compare on price and who offers the best deal.

The table below provides an overview of some of the prominent mobile broadband promotions in South Africa.

Provider	Data (GB)	Modem included	After hous data	OOB price	Price (Rand)
500MB data contract
Cell C	0.5	No	0	0.39	49
Cell C	0.5	Yes	0	0.39	69
Vodacom	0.5	Yes	1	1.00	149
MTN	0.5	Yes	0	0.38	189
1GB data contract
Vodacom	1	Yes	1	1.00	99
Cell C	1	Yes	0	0.39	199
MTN	1	Yes	0	0.29	289
2GB data contract
Cell C	2	No	0	0.39	99
Cell C	2	Yes	0	0.39	119
Vodacom	2	Yes	2	1.00	149
MTN	2	Yes	0	0.29	149
Provider	Data (GB)	Modem included	After hous data	OOB price	Price (Rand)
10GB data contract
8ta	10	No	0	0.30	199
8ta	10	No	10	0.30	299
Vodacom	10	Yes	10	0.50	1449
2GB prepaid data bundles
8ta	2	No	1	1.00	149
MTN	2	No	0	0.19	189
Vodacom	2	No	0	2.00	369
Prepaid 12 month package
Cell C	24	No	0	0.39	1299
8ta	60	No	60	1.00	1800