Telkom is the leading communications services provider in South Africa. The organisation offers business, residential and payphone customers a wide range of services and products.
Established in 1991, the organisation is partly state-owned. Until recently, Telkom had close to a monopoly on the South African telecommunications market. The company’s existing network is regarded as the most highly developed on the African continent.
It also has operations in 38 countries on the African continent.
In the South African market, Telkom is more popularly known for its landline services. The tide is slowly changing though, as the world demands more access to affordable data.
In recent years, Telkom has rebranded by aggressively competing with mobile networks for customers. As fewer people need to own landlines in the country, Telkom has had to adapt fast to changing technologies.
According to MyBroadband, Telkom was rated as having the best broadband in 2015.
Tell me more about FreeMe?
FreeMe is a set of new data-centric packages offered by Telkom. Available from 25 July 2016, Telkom’s FreeMe packages are designed to offer customers a wide range of options to choose from. In addition to the 24 month packages, they are also available on a month-to-month basis for post-paid customers who are looking for SIM-only deals.
Telkom FreeMe allows subscribers to choose their data and to choose their devices.
Telkom FreeMe for R99 is an offer of 1GB of data, for 24 months. With this package, subscribers get free texts and free instant messages (WhatsApp, Viber, and BBM).
Users also get to enjoy free calls to Telkom landlines and free calls to other Telkom Mobile subscribers. Another benefit is free itemised billing.
Out-of-bundle rates on Telkom FreeMe are:
- 69c per minute for Voice
- 30c for Texts
- 50c for MMS (300KB)
- 29c per MB of data
Visit www.telkom.co.za for more information about Telkom FreeMe.