Nashua Mobile has extended its flat-rate mobile services Xtreme Data and Xtreme Data Premium to selected Samsung Android handsets, following the launch of the tariff plan in March.
"Users who prefer Android smartphones will now be able to enjoy all the benefits of the mobile Internet for an affordable monthly tariff," says the service provider. "The Xtreme Data and Xtreme Data Premium services will be available on the Samsung Ace Advance, Samsung Galaxy Y, Samsung Galaxy Pocket and the Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphones, with effect from 7 November."
Positioned as an alternative to BlackBerry Internet Services, but initially only available for certain Nokia handsets, Xtreme Data is a fixed-cost data service priced at R59 per month. The plan offers customers data for e-mail, instant messaging, social networking and browsing. This latest addition to its services extends Nashua's data offering beyond Nokia Asha and Lumia devices.
The Xtreme Data Premium service, at R139 per month, allows users to do everything they can with the original Xtreme Data, as well as download apps and games and view YouTube. Nashua Mobile says this option is recommended for users who consume 400MB or more per month.
"Subscribers who are keen to buy a Samsung Galaxy Note II should look out for some great Xtreme Data Premium deals from Nashua Mobile on the MTN and Vodacom networks."
Consumer choice
Recently, in an interview following his reinstatement as CEO, Mark Taylor said the company, a subsidiary of JSE-listed Reunert group, would adopt a more acute focus on customer services and choice. The mid-range group of consumers, said Taylor, is Nashua Mobile's primary market.
"We believe that smartphone users should have the peace of mind of an affordable flat-rate data service whichever handset they choose - so we're excited to extend Xtreme data to the country's leading Android handset supplier, Samsung."
Taylor says the flat-rate mobile data service has seen considerable uptake from Nokia users over the past eight months.
Xtreme Data and Xtreme Data Premium are both subject to fair usage policies. Nashua Mobile says customers will experience a decrease in download speeds once they have exceeded a threshold in their data usage for the month. This is set at 100MB for the Xtreme Data standard service and 400MB in the case of Premium.
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