MTN SA has lodged paperwork with SA's telecoms regulator to make the 79c all-net prepaid promotion it introduced last week permanent.
The new rate, on its PayAsYouGo per-second price plan, will come into being as a permanent prepaid tariff next week. Analysts have suggested the operator's latest quarterly results, revealing a drop-off in prepaid subscriber numbers, was largely responsible for the move.
MTN says its customers need to have certainty that the operator will maintain "the most competitively-priced voice tariffs in the industry" into the foreseeable future. "This is why we have acted swiftly to lodge the required paperwork with the Independent Communications Authority of SA," says MTN SA chief marketing officer Brian Gouldie.
Gouldie says, effective 7 May, the 79c rate will be a permanent price plan for PayAsYouGo customers, on a per-second basis.
MTN says PayAsYouGo customers on alternative price plans can migrate to the pay per-second (PPS) price plan by dialling *141*2# and selecting the "PPS" option. "They will then be able to access the 79c flat all-net rate from their next call.
"Should they choose to remain on their current price plan, they could still opt to lock in the 79c guaranteed rate by loading PayAsYouGo voice bundles. This option is also available for MTN's TopUp customers."
To access PayAsYouGo voice bundles, MTN customers need to dial *141*2*794#. If the bundle is not fully utilised within the available period, the credit will remain in the customer's prepaid wallet for future use on either voice, data or SMS, according to the customer's existing price plan, says MTN.
MTN says it is anticipating significant uptake of these offers and has "invested substantially in its network capacity" in preparation for this.
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