Celtel subscribers to enjoy flat rate

Celtel subscribers in East Africa will now communicate at a flat rate.The mobile telephony operator has launched a one network service that will also enable the subscribers in the region to top up credit in all the three currencies.

Celtel Chief Executive Gerhard May also announced plans to role out another service that will allow subscribers to communicate through video conferencing.

While launching the new service, May said customers will be able to top up on the network using the local currencies without having to convert .

May however, said Celtel Kenya will only interconnect with internet service provider AccessKenya after further modifications on both services.

AccessKenya wants local mobile phone companies to facilitate an interconnection, a move that would see a reduction in the cost of calling.

Source- http://www.kbc.co.ke

South Africa: Celtel launches first borderless mobile network in East Africa

Celtel International, a leadingpan-African mobile telecommunications group, Wednesday announced the launch of One Network, the first ever borderless mobile network in the world that will connect customers in East Africa without roaming call surcharges.

The network allows Celtel customers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to move freely across geographic borders without roaming call surcharges and without having to pay to receive incoming calls.

“From today, all Celtel`s East African customers, both prepaid and post-paid, will be able to use this service. They can make calls at local rates, receive incoming calls free of charge and top-up their pre-paid phones with locally-bought airtime cards,” the company announced in a statement released here Wednesday.

Alternatively, Celtel`s prepaid customers will be able to top up their accounts with airtime cards they have brought from their home networks, whether in Kenya, Tanzania or Uganda.

“The One Network service is automatically activated upon crossing the geographic border into another of the three countries, with no prior registration required or sign-up fee charged,” the firm said.

Source- http://www.angolapress-angop.ao