Times Of Swaziland: SWAZI MOBILE NOW ROAMING IN SA

SWAZI MOBILE NOW ROAMING IN SA
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BY NTOMBI MHLONGO on 11/11/2017 03:25:00


NHLANGANO – It is going to be a fabulous festive season for Swazi Mobile
customers who will travel to neighbouring South Africa as they will enjoy the
roaming service.
This comes after the company introduced the international roaming service early
this week.
Already, some customers have posted on social media how they were already
enjoying the service and that the charges were cheaper than those offered by the
country’s first mobile telecommunications company, Swazi MTN.
For sending an SMS while roaming, Swazi Mobile charges 80 cents while Swazi MTN
is E2.
When calling a local number while roaming, Swazi Mobile charges E3.65 while for
Swazi MTN it is E5. Receiving a call while roaming on a Swazi Mobile number is
E1 while for Swazi MTN it is E2.12.
The news of the international roaming service was confirmed by Swazi Mobile
Chief Executive Officer, Wandile Mtshali during the opening of the company’s
Nhlangano experience centre, which took place yesterday.
Mtshali mentioned that they were currently using test tariffs on the service and
that they would officially make an announcement during an official launch set to
take place after negotiations with the rest of the network providers had been
concluded. Currently, the company has reached an agreement with South African
mobile giants, Telkom, and is on the verge of clinching deals with other
companies including Vodacom, for the roaming service. Since the company
officially switched on in July this year, there have been concerns from
customers who wanted to know when they would be able to roam whenever they
travelled outside the country, especially to neighbouring South Africa.