This, combined with Orange Telecom’s view that 50% of international mobile data will be delivered via WiFi in the near future, underscores that MWEB is tapping into a significant, but under-realised opportunity in South Africa. Recent trends highlight that South Africans are increasingly more mobile, with Cisco predicting that mobile traffic will account for 26% of all South African data traffic by 2016. The new Fon relationship will complement our existing WiFi zones and will give our customers access to cost effective, quality mobile Internet access and a growing network.” More than 1,000 major cities around the world are blanketed with ubiquitous Fon WiFi coverage.ĭerek Hershaw, CEO of MWEB, says “We have been looking for a way to broaden our customers access to WiFi beyond their home or office network without compromising the quality of internet access that they’ve become accustomed to. Last year alone, Fon grew its network 50% thanks to partnerships with major telcos such as British Telecom, SFR France, Softbank Japan or Deutsche Telekom Germany. In return, Fon members are able to securely access any other Fon WiFi hotspot both locally and globally. CAPE TOWN & MADRID.- MWEB has announced a new partnership with Fon, the world’s largest WiFi network. The deal gives MWEB ADSL customers, with a Fon–enabled router, the exclusive opportunity to join a global community of 12-million WiFi users who share their connections with each other.įon, the global WiFi network founded in 2006 in Spain, but now represented on four continents, is made up of Fon community members who share a part of their bandwidth as a separate WiFi signal. The table below provides an overview of MWEB’s VoIP packages.MWEB and Fon collaborate to build South Africa’s largest WiFi networkġ6 JANUARY 2014. The packages are available on month-to-month deals and new subscribers have the option to keep their existing number, said MWEB. These monthly subscriptions translate into call rates of 59c per minute and 39.6c per minute respectively. MWEB is current offering two VoIP bundles: a Starter package with 100 minutes at R59 per month, and a Lite package with 250 minutes at R99 per month. MWEB CEO Sean Nourse told MyBroadband that their new VoIP products have been a “fantastic addition to our product offerings and we have already seen a lot of interest from our customers”.
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The MWEB VoIP service allows users to make voice calls over the Internet and “save on the cost of both local and International calls”.Ī big benefit of the service is that subscribers get free calls to other MWEB VoIP numbers – essentially free on-net calls.
MWEB has launched a new VoIP service which offers identity calling, itemised billing, call forwarding, call history, and usage notifications.