Visitors to South Africa can be charged exorbitant data roaming fees — as high as R281,290 per GB for some networks.
People visiting South Africa can pay extraordinary data rates when roaming on the country’s networks — with at least one charging as much as R281,290 per GB.Roaming refers to someone using their mobile phone or SIM outside their native network.
However, some telecommunications companies charge excessively high fees for pay-as-you-use mobile data when roaming. Vodacom said it had specifically appointed people “whose main job it is to negotiate lower roaming rates with foreign operators.” These factors include the agreements between the networks, the regulatory environment, and the operational costs of cross-border network access.
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