Vodacom Business customers will now pay 50% less for their international capacity off the back the company's access to several undersea cables.
Executive director of Vodacom Business SA Steven Hayward says the increased competition between the undersea cable owners has made the dramatic drop possible. “Vodacom Business has taken advantage of this changing landscape to engage with multiple undersea cable providers,” he adds.
Local customers on the Premium and Direct packages for dedicated access will see the decrease and will have redundancy over Seacom, SAT3 and SAFE. According to Hayward, Vodacom Business will add capacity over WACS and Eassy as soon as they land in SA.
Hayward explains that customers will have dedicated access with speeds from 64Kbps and up, depending on their business requirements. “We are excited to offer our business customers true competitive pricing and value, without compelling them to increase their bandwidth use,” he notes.
The move is likely to see a response from MTN Business, which has promised aggressive market targeting. MTN Business already added 50% extra bandwidth to its customers off the back of the Verizon buy last year.
In September, MTN Business executive head Angela Gahagan committed to more aggressive price cuts once the company got into full swing. While MTN has made an investment in Seacom, its strategy is to play more directly on the WACS cable.
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