DATA prices are tremendously expensive for ordinary citizens in Mzansi.
#DataMustFall and #DataAsseblief are two popular hashtags that have long turned into campaigns to demonstrate Mzansi’s plea for cheaper data.
In a bid to help lower exorbitant data costs, Capitec recently teamed up with Cell C to launch Capitec Connect – a simplified prepaid solution for voice, data and SMS.
This innovation will see one of Mzansi’s best digital banks and a giant cellular network collaborating to offer mobile data that never expires.
Yes, you read that right. The agreement between the two companies will see their customers enjoying data that never expires, provided the SIM is used at least once in six months.
Customers have the freedom to choose data prices, starting from R4,50 per 100 megabytes or R45 per gigabyte.
In a joint statement, the companies said SIM cards were already available to clients at all of the bank’s branches.
“Once the SIM is activated, data, minutes, SMS and airtime can be topped up on the Capitec banking app, using *120*3279# or internet banking,” the statement read.
To top it up, calls are charged at the low flat rate of 90c per minute while SMSs cost only 25c.
The bank’s CEO Gerrie Fourie said their vision was to bring connectivity to all consumers.
“We want to help create opportunity for everyone to be able to connect with access to affordable data and digital banking anywhere, anytime,” Fourie said.
Apart from this great innovation, Cell C seems to be moving with the times as it recently introduced the first-ever solution that can help its clients claim data that may have been lost during load shedding.
Its CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson said: “We’re very pleased to be part of the solution that enables South Africans to access a digital lifestyle that can truly change their world.”
If this solution is what you have been looking for, visit your nearest bank branch and get your data freedom.
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