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26 February 2018

Telkom to offer the new Samsung S9 and Samsung S9 Plus with FreeMe Deals

Telkom today announced that the new Samsung S9 and S9 Plus smartphones will be available on its data driven FreeMe plans from 16 March 2018 in stores and online. Pre-orders for the device are open from today on the Telkom website.

The Galaxy S9 and S9+ drive innovation with Samsung’s most advanced camera to date. The new devices offer a new Dual Aperture lens that powers an innovative low-light camera, super slow-mo video capabilities, and personalised AR Emoji. The Galaxy S9 and S9+ also pack powerful stereo speakers tuned by AKG, audio with Dolby Atmos, and a refined edge-to-edge Infinity Display

The Galaxy S9 and S9+ deliver an enhanced entertainment experience with powerful stereo speakers tuned by AKG, surround sound supported by Dolby Atmos and a refined edge-to-edge Infinity Display

Our FreeMe deals offer 50 free SMS’s per day, free calls to over 6 million Telkom numbers both Telkom fixed and Telkom mobile numbers, free Wi-Fi and free instant messaging data that can be used for free calling on WhatsApp, Viber and BBM. The entry level packages also offer the cheapest OOB voice rate in the market at R0,69 per minute for calls to other networks in South Africa. The price rises to the premier offering FreeMe Unlimited for unlimited data and free calls to other networks in South Africa.

In addition, on Telkom’s FreeMe 2GB and higher packages, customers can enjoy LIT Music and LIT Video which offers a zero-rated music and video streaming services on selected OTT providers.

FreeMe was awarded Best Value Postpaid Plan (SIM Only) by Tarrifica. Telkom has also been awarded the Best Mobile Broadband Provider by the My Broadband Awards in 2011 and 2013 to 2016.

Consumers can get the Samsung S9 on:

  • FreeMe 1GB from R649 over 24 months
    • Including 100 All-Net Minutes over 24 months and 60GB once-off data valid for 3 months
  • FreeMe 2GB from R699 over 24 months
  • FreeMe 5GB from R849 over 24 months
  • FreeMe 10GB from R949 over 24 months
  • FreeMe 20GB from R1199 over 24 months
  • FreeMe Unlimited from R1599 over 24 months.

The Samsung S9 Plus will be available on:

  • FreeMe 1GB from R749 over 24 months
    • Including 100 All-Net Minutes over 24 months and 60GB once-off data valid for 3 months
  • FreeMe 2GB at R799 over 24 months
  • FreeMe 5GB at R949 over 24 months
  • FreeMe 10GB from R1049 over 24 months
  • FreeMe 20GB from R1299 over 24 months
  • FreeMe Unlimited from R1699 over 24 months.

Upon successful pre-order customers will receive a R500 Samsung accessory voucher as well as six months free Samsung Mobile Care cover.

Pre orders for the Samsung S9 are available here.

Pre orders for the Samsung S9 Plus are available here..

For further enquiries, please contact:

Leigh-Ann Francis
Specialist: Media Relations
Group Communication
Tel: +27 12 642 1728
Mobile: +27 81 391 4780
Email: francilm@telkom.co.za

ABOUT TELKOM:

Telkom is a leading information and communications technology services provider in South Africa. We had consolidated operating revenue of R41 billion and normalised profit after tax of R3 907 million for the year ended 31 March 2017. Total assets amounted to R48.0 billion and equity attributable to the owners of Telkom to R27.6 billion as of 31 March 2017.

As of 31 March 2017, we had approximately 3.0 million telephone access lines in service and 1,329,450 ports connected via MSAN access. We offer business, residential and payphone customers a wide range of services and products, including:

  • fixed-line retail voice services using PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) lines, including ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lines, and the sale of subscription based value-added voice services and calling plans;
  • fixed-line customer premises equipment rental and sales services both voice and data needs and these include PABX, Computers, Routers, Modems, Telephone handsets and other ancillary equipment;
  • interconnection services, including terminating and transiting traffic from South African mobile operators, as well as from international operators and transiting traffic from mobile to international destinations;
  • fixed-line data services, including domestic and international data transmission services, such as point-to-point leased lines, ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) services, packet-based services, managed data networking services and internet access and related information technology services;
  • Data Centre Operations includes e-commerce, application service provider, hosting, data storage, e-mail and security services;
  • W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), a 3G next generation network, including fixed voice services, data services and nomadic voice services;
  • mobile communication services, including voice services, data services and handset sales through our mobile brand called Telkom Mobile;
  • information technology services including converged communication, IT service solutions, application solutions, IT hardware and software and industrial technology service sales locally, in seven African countries, the UK and Dubai through Business Connexion Group; and other services including directory services, through Trudon (Pty) Ltd, wireless data services, through Swiftnet (Pty) Ltd.
  • Convergence is one of our key strategic initiatives in building a sustainable future for Telkom. We will lead the provision of converged services in South Africa in support of our mission statement: Seamlessly connecting people to a better life.