only after 24th october will we have anything concrete, official unveiling should shed some light on the pricing and teh tarrifs as well as the packages

So the blasted Heita ads are for Telkom then.

lol ya the heita ads are for the upcoming telkom mobile. they should be cheaper as far as data is concerned coz even voda and the other networks get data from them since they get it cheap. if they can nail teh massive data needs in s.a at competitive prices then we'll all follow em like sheep.

here is the lowdown so far... Calls from 8ta to landlines in South Africa will be charged at 65c per minute while calls to other cellular networks will be R1.50 per minute. International calls to over 100 countries will cost R2.50 per minute. Data connections are billed at R1 per megabyte, but 8ta will also have data bundles available with data prices from 25c per megabyte. The network will...

allow speeds up to 7.2Mbps for downloads on HSPA 3G technology. 8ta will also offer free airtime for every call made on the network at a 1-to-3 ratio. For example, if a subscriber spends 30 seconds speaking on the phone, 8ta will credit their account with 10 free seconds that can be used for calls any time of the day, to any local network.

8ta will also give subscribers 50 free SMS messages to use on days where they send more than five paid-for messages. The free messages will expire at midnight on the day they were earned. Subscribers will be able to see how many free seconds they have earned immediately after a call, 8ta offers flat prepaid rates that do not differentiate between peak and off-peak periods.

Also There is a single, per minute price for calls that stays the same 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have designed 8ta to be simple to understand and remove the clutter, In my opinion it looks very good plus tehy already have teh infrastructure in place lets hope it actually benefits us.

here's the full story http://is.gd/g3iAU

itz not exactly what i waz hoping 4 bt itz a move in the right direction i guezz,so letz w8 nd c if thiz aint juz empty promises again.

We all know what hellkom is like when it comes to service and reliabillity. So lets just sit back and relax while our scape goats test and complain for us. Thats how we got to know virgin. Lol

That's what i do too lol.. Voda gives alota cr*p but in the end they deliver. I'll wait til 8.ta is a year old. What a cr*p name tho.

well mtn - uncapped, speeds depends on your connection R200 a month. Or 10 days uncapped for 115 rand. So fk helkom they're been ripping of the public for years. All the networks have. Outside companies are kicking mud in their faces. My mtn sim say 0.00 for last month and downloaded of 6gb of data.

How does the 10 days uncapped work? Is there a drop in speeds after a certain amount of usage there too?

R50 will get u 100 megabytes,R100 250 mb, R150 500mb,R250 1gb

If u send 5 sms 4 dat day u get 50 free sms's 2 send on dat day only

If u send 5 sms 4 dat day u get 50 free sms's 2 send on dat day only

Both mms and sms are 50c

Are they already on air?

I bought a starter pack today but it can't be rica'd and when i insert it into my phkne it says sim registration failed.