NAIROBI: Vodacom Tanzania said its customers can expect huge roaming savings when travelling to 9 African countries where Vodacom and its partners operate. This includes free incoming calls, free incoming SMS, lower calls and data rates while roaming on the Vodacom Lesotho, Vodacom Mozambique, Vodacom South Africa, Vodacom DRC, Vodafone Ghana and Safaricom Kenya, MTN Rwanda, MTN Uganda, UTL Uganda, and UCOM Burundi networks. “We know that people want to remain connected at an affordable rate whether they are at home or on holiday in South Africa or travelling for work in Ghana and that nobody likes the headache of worrying about roaming bills,” said Rene Meza, MD at Vodacom Tanzania. “What we're launching today is a solution to give our customers peace of mind when travelling. Data roaming has been and still is an expensive affair for most operators and today we are so proud to reduce substantially together with voice and SMS our data roaming charges for our customers travelling in any of our African family,” Meza added. Vodacom said its subscribers both post-paid and pre-paid will be able to receive free incoming calls, make calls and surf on the internet at affordable rates while visiting in one of these African countries with listed networks.
