South Africa
 
MTN Pay as you Go  GSM 900

 What’s Included 

  • A “Pay as You Go” SIM card  to fit your phone
  • Complete with FREE talk time worth approximately £4 / €6.50
  • After first minute, calls are billed at 30 second intervals
  • A choice of 2 airtime recharge options: “Call-a-lot” or “Receive-a-lot”
  • No yearly contract, monthly charges, or credit check
  • Free inbound calls
  • Free voicemail
Activating your service 
  • Be sure that battery is charged
  • Put the MTN SIM card into the mobile phone
  • Turn on your phone and enter the PIN code
  • Dial 555
  • Scratch the surface of the Pay As You Go  voucher to reveal the code
  • Follow instructions and when prompted enter the voucher code
  • After confirming the voucher code hang up
  • Start calling

Adding talk time

Additional Talk time may be added by purchasing vouchers at any shop or petrol station displaying the logo.  To redeem your voucher simply call 555 from your mobile phone and confirm the voucher code, hang up and start talking.

 Depending on the kind of mobile phone user you are, you choose Pay As You Go cards to suit you:

Call-a-lot - for making more calls than you receive
Card Cost Inclusive Outgoing Calls Access Period
R30 card (£3/€4.60) Calls to value of R30 15 days
R60 card (£6/€9.40) Calls to value of R60 30 days
R180 card (£18/€29) Calls to value of R180 90 days
R360 card (£35/€57) Calls to value of R360 180 days
R720 card (69/€111) Calls to value of R720 360 days
Receive-a-lot - for receiving more calls than you make
Card Cost Inclusive Outgoing Calls Access Period
R45 card (£4/€7) Calls to value of R15 90 days
R90 card (£8.60/€14) Calls to value of R30 180 days

 

When loading more Pay As You Go cards, all airtime minutes will be added to the balance remaining on your account - you do not need to use up the full outgoing call value within the access period. Access time can be accumulated up to a maximum of 24 months at any one time.

Domestic Rates

Calls are charged for a minimum of 60 seconds for the first minute (or part minute) and after the first minute at intervals of 30 seconds for each half minute or part half-minute.

To Landlines per minute

Other S African  mobiles

To other MTN  mobiles

Peak

Off-Peak

Peak

Off-Peak

Peak

Off-Peak

£ 0.27

£ 0.14

£ 0.27

£ 0.14

£ 0.24

£ 0.13

€ 0.44

€ 0.23

€ 0.44

€ 0.23

€ 0.39

€ 0.21

Peak times:     07:00 to 20:00 weekdays

Off Peak at all other times on weekdays, at weekends and on public holidays

International Rates

UK

Germany

Netherlands

USA

Australia

Day / Night

£ 0.97

£ 0.97

£ 0.97

£ 0.97

£ 0.97

€ 1.56

€ 1.56

€ 1.56

€ 1.56

€ 1.56

Service Life

If you don't receive or make calls within six months, your mobile phone number will be withdrawn from the network.

Access time can be accumulated up to a maximum of 24 months at any one time.

Network

Name:                                     MTN

Network type                           GSM 900

Handset Code                         MTN-SA

Network Code                         655 10

Network Status                       Live June 1994