MTN introduces reduced roaming rates for Saudi Arabia during The Hajj
MTN South Africa launched a roaming promotion for the benefit of members of the Muslim community who will be travelling for The Hajj annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
The roaming promotion commences with immediate effect and runs until 10 October and sees greatly reduced voice, SMS and data rates during The Hajj annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
The special rates will only be valid for MTN customers roaming in Saudi Arabia on the Mobily network. Local calls will be charged at R2.5 per minute and calls to South Africa and the rest of the world at R5 per minute. SMS will be charged at R2 per message while data will be available at R2 per megabyte.
To activate International Roaming, Contract and My MTNChoice customers can contact their service provider; Prepaid and Top-Up customers have this service by default. Alternatively customers can activate MTN SMS Roaming by dialling *111*14#.
MTN Roaming Promotion: Saudi Arabia | |
Usage | Promotional rates (Mobily) |
Local voice calls within Saudi Arabia | R2.50 per minute |
Voice calls to South Africa (from Saudi Arabia) | R5.00 per minute |
Voice calls to other countries (from Saudi Arabia) | R5.00 per minute |
SMS | R2.00 per SMS |
Data | R2.00 per megabyte |
*All rates above are inclusive of value added tax (VAT).