BusinessTech looked at the cost per megabyte across various data packages offered by South Africa’s major mobile networks.
In South Africa’s competitive mobile data market, carriers offer varied prepaid plans, with highlights including Telkom’s larger data bonuses and Cell C’s substantially lower cost per megabyte .
Factors such as network coverage, additional perks , and customer service quality influence the pricing as well as consumers’ decisions despite these marginal price differences. MTN’s pricing structure sported competitiveness with Vodacom, particularly evident in their larger data plans.
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