MTN has announced an overall decrease in pricing for both contract and MTN Pay as you Go customers.
MTN said in a statement that the overall reduction is a combination of decreases on subscription fees, voice rates and SMS rates, and follows approval by the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) of the 2005/06 tariffs last week.
MTN and rival Vodacom have announced several tariff cuts in recent weeks.
MTN`s new pricing, which comes into effect on 1 November, sees an average decrease of 2.4% for contract customers and 0.9% for Pay as you Go customers.
"We will continue to focus on the overall value of our offerings rather than just competing on individual tariffs," says Ashraff Paruk, GM of products and innovation at MTN South Africa. "We are committed to competitive pricing with improved service levels as a value proposition to our customers."
MTN`s annual tariff adjustment includes a 12% reduction in contract SMS rates from 86c to 75c during peak and off-peak times.
MTN Pay as you Go PayBack customers will pay 75c for their first SMS of the day, 60c for their second SMS and 40c for the third or more SMSes per day. MTN`s ProCall 300 customers will now benefit from per second billing from the first second.
The new prices, together with per second billing, result in a decrease of 16.1% for the average ProCall 300 customer.
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