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Safaricom has cut data bundle sharing per SIM card to 20 a month. PHOTO | FILE
By BDAfrica.com REPORTER
In Summary
Scores of Safaricom subscribers on social media are
up in arms over the terms and conditions governing the mobile giant’s
new unlimited Internet data bundles.
This follows introduction of a new data pricing structure at the weekend.
Users are rallying around two
hashtag protests to express displeasure at the expiry of unused bundles
as well as a rule limiting bundle sharing to 20MB a day.
“Any data bundle not consumed
within its validity period will be deleted and won’t be available for
use,” Safaricom’s rules for its new bundles say. They add: “It is not
possible to extend expiry… by purchasing newer bundles.”
The new rules also limit transfers of data bundles between subscribers.
“It will be possible to Sambaza
internet, but only to a maximum of 10MB per transaction and limited to
two transactions (20MB) in a day,” Safaricom says. “All other rules for
Internet Sambaza will remain in place.”
In January, Safaricom lowered the cap on the number of times one SIM card can Sambaza data bundles in a month from 50 to 20.
The move was aimed at throttling a
thriving black-market in online reselling of cheaper data bundles,
popularly known as “bundles mwitu”. With the latest limits, “bundles
mwitu” sellers have effectively been pushed out of business.
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