Uncapped smartphone data showdown — Telkom smashes MTN and takes on Rain

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Uncapped smartphone data showdown — Telkom smashes MTN and takes on Rain
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Telkom has launched a new uncapped data plan for smartphones. Here’s how it compares to the competition.

Telkom’s new postpaid uncapped smartphone data product promises much greater value than similar services offered by MTN and Rain, a MyBroadband analysis shows.Like all uncapped mobile data services, Telkom Infinite is governed by a fair usage policy .

Similar to MTN’s Sky Platinum uncapped smartphone service, Telkom Infinite lets subscribers consume a set amount of data at the maximum speed allowed by the network.Telkom Infinite offers 15 GB of “high definition” data, with speeds throttled to 1.5 Mbps after that. It is R299 per month.According to Telkom, its throttled speeds are enough for streaming video at standard definition resolutions, hence the “HD” reference for its fair usage limits.

All other traffic can run at the maximum speed Rain’s network offers, regardless of how much data subscribers consume.

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