Telecom Namibia cuts tariffs Telecom Namibia’s lower tariffs have come into effect. From 1 December, the tariffs for international calls have dropped by an average of 9%, with local call costs down by up to 15%. Telecom Namibia says in a statement: “We have made it our goal at Telecom Namibia to make telecommunication most affordable to consumers of our services and products. It is a pleasure to announce the new reduced tariffs to our consumers for the 2013/14 financial year with effect from 1 December 2013. This is part of the company’s efforts to stimulate traffic to key international destinations and facilitate economic growth and development. It is also important to note that there have been reductions in international settlement rates over the past years and it is necessary to pass these savings to consumers in order to stimulate demand for international calling services.” Peak tariff for calls to RSA mobile destinations have been slashed by 8% while the off-peak RSA mobile and RSA fixed call charges were kept unchanged. Peak tariffs for calls to Angola, Germany, UK, Portugal, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Australia, France and Kenya have been cut by an average of 10% while off-peak tariffs to the same destinations will be lowered by average 8.5% for both fixed and mobile destinations. Call tariffs for the USA and Rest of the World have been reduced by 9% both mobile and fixed line destinations. In aligning to prevailing settlement costs, tariffs to call Zimbabwe mobile will be increased to N$ 4.35 and N$ 5.15 per minute for postpaid and prepaid, respectively. Telecom has introduced an attractive call plan for international callers. The Talk International package will enable fixed line residential customers (post-paid) to sign-up for a package and benefit from preferential tariffs to selected international destinations and bundled minutes. Customers who sign-up for this call plan can call to all fixed and mobile RSA destinations at only 99c per minute.Calls to Germany, UK and USA will be charged at N$1.99 per minute for both fixed and mobile destinations. Calls to Angola, Botswana and Zambia will be charged at N$ 1.49 per minute both fixed and mobile destinations. The Talk International call plan attracts a subscription fee of N$199 per month and customers are awarded 100 FREE minutes to call international destinations. Activation of the package is FREE of charge. Telecom Namibia fixed to mobile tariffs have been reduced from N$1.49 to N$1.29 per minute effective 1 December 2013. Local call tariffs for CallMaker have been reduced by 15%, while CallMaker national call tariffs for peak and off-peak will be reduced by 16% and 12% respectively. The Validity Periods for the initial CallMaker starter pack will be revised from 180 days to 360 days. The telco says the adjustments are in line with the on-going tariff rebalancing process initiated by Telecom Namibia a few years ago. Tariffs rebalancing is the process of aligning the tariffs of services to the costs of providing them and eliminating cross-subsidising of services. Our continued quest to rebalance tariffs reinforces Telecom Namibia’s image as a customer oriented organisation and the new tariffs plan has been initiated keeping in mind the grassroots reach of Telecom Namibia in terms of its customer base and thus making the use of Telecom Namibia’s services and products more accessible and affordable for its consumers. Telecom Namibia has also introduced attractive call plans on its fixed line service. The call plans, TalkNet and TalkNet Plus allows subscribers to make FREE and UNLIMITED landline to landline calls during off-peak time, i.e. Every day from 19h00 – 07h00 weekdays, All day weekend calls and public holidays. TalkNet package is bundled with 50 FREE minutes to call national mobile numbers and a preferential tariff of 85c per minute to calling national mobile numbers. With the TalkNet Plus package, subscribers enjoy 1000 FREE minutes for landline to landline calls during peak time every day and 100 FREE minutes to call national mobile numbers. A preferential rate of 75c per minute is applicable when calling national mobile numbers. Flexible payment plans accompany the packages from as little as N$ 169 per month. (biztechafrica)
Posted on: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 08:54:13 +0000
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