Vodacom increases its contract prices

Vodacom will be increasing its contract prices from 1 May 2015. In a statement sent this week, Vodacom said: “Vodacom will be increasing the subscription fees on selected contract price plans. Changes apply to Vodacom Smart, uChoose Smart, uChoose Flexi, Top Up and Mobile Broadband packages.
 
“The price changes are applicable to existing Vodacom customers on these price plans as well as new customers.”
 
According to reports, Vodacom has had to increase its charges due to the average effective price of voice and data on the service provider’s network has dropped by about 50% over the course of the last two years.
 
Vodacom said in a statement that this kind of drop “is unprecedented” and that it contrasts with the investment increases that that it has experienced over the past four years.
 
The company added: "On top of this, mobile termination rate cuts have had a major impact on our revenue, and costs meanwhile have increased due to among other things electricity supply issues. Given the squeeze from both sides, we have had to review our tariff structures in tandem with implementing cost reduction programmes within the company.
 
"Our expectation is that the average effective price per unit of both voice and data will continue to come down, making services more accessible, but that as individual customers consume more voice and data that their overall spend will either be flat or increase."
 
The fees
 

Smart
Price Plan	CURRENT Subscription incl. VAT	NEW Subscription incl. VAT
Smart Light*	R135	R139
Smart S	R199	R209
Smart M	R299	R319
Smart L	R499	R529
Smart XL	R699	R739

*SIM ONLY rates not applicable
 

uChoose Smart
Price Plan	CURRENT Subscription incl. VAT	NEW Subscription incl. VAT
uChoose Smart S	R219	R229
uChoose Smart M	R329	R349
uChoose Smart L	R549	R579
uChoose Smart XL	R769	R809

 

uChoose Flexi
CURRENT Price Plan	NEW Price Plan Name	CURRENT Subscription incl. VAT	NEW Subscription incl. VAT	NEW monthly airtime allocation
uChoose Flexi 50	uChoose Flexi 55	R49	R55	R55
uChoose Flexi 110	uChoose Flexi 110	R99	R110	R110

 

Top Up
CURRENT Price Plan (including month to month)	NEW Price Plan Name (including month to month)	CURRENT Subscription incl. VAT	NEW Subscription incl. VAT	NEW monthly airtime allocation
Top Up 135	Top Up 140	R 135	R 140	R 140
Top Up 135 S	Top Up 140 S	R 135	R 140	R 140
Top Up 199 Vodacom 4 Less	Top Up 200 Vodacom 4 Less	R 199	R 200	R 200
Top Up 275 S	Top Up 285 S	R 275	R 285	R 285
Top Up 315	Top Up 335	R 315	R 335	R 335
Top Up 315 S	Top Up 335 S	R 315	R 335	R 335
Top Up 49 S	Top Up 55 S	R 49	R 55	R 55
Top Up 590 S	Top Up 625 S	R 590	R 625	R 625
Top Up 75 S	Top Up 80 S	R 75	R 80	R 80
Top Up 99 Vodacom 4 Less	Top Up 110 Vodacom 4 Less	R 99	R 110	R 110

 

Mobile Broadband Top Up & contract (24 month)
Price Plan	CURRENT Subscription incl. VAT	NEW Subscription incl. VAT
500MB	R39	R45
1GB	R69	R75
2GB	R99	R109

 

Mobile Broadband Top Up & contract (12 month)
Price Plan	CURRENT Subscription incl. VAT	NEW Subscription incl. VAT
500MB	R49	R55
1GB	R79	R85
2GB	R139	R149

 
Source: Vodacom