Zain introduces per second billing for International calls
In line with the Company’s vision to spread affordable telecommunications to the most remote areas of Sierra Leone and consolidate gains made in other areas, Zain Sierra Leone, the sole ‘integrated’ telecom operator in Sierra Leone and sole provider of BlackBerry, Zap and One Network services, has today announced that all calls to International destinations are billed per second.
At the end of a typical minute call, the following destinations are billed 35 units; United Kingdom, U.S.A, South Africa, Lebanon & Guinea. All other countries are billed 40 units after a minute call; but for all these calls, the subscriber now only pays for what he or she uses and this is called the per-second billing.
Zain currently has the cheapest off-net (Zain to other networks) tariff of 12 units per minutes which has been unconquerable by any service provider in Sierra Leone since its disclosure. This is also on the per-second billing platform which also means subscribers only pay for what they use as Zain is currently bent on making communication accessible for all Sierra Leoneans in time for the Sierra Leone @ 50 Anniversary.
On-net calls (Zain to Zain) are billed for just 9 units per minute all day and this is also billed per second. Zain also practices free calls every day from 2 am to 5 am. SMS from Zain is also the cheapest as it ranges from 2 units, 3 units & 8 units for Zain to Zain, Zain to other networks & Zain to International respectively in that order.
“Since the day the company was established in Sierra Leone, Zain have striven to make telecommunications a necessity in terms of increasing GSM penetration among Sierra Leoneans, and to put Sierra Leone ahead of the other regional countries in the Communications and IT field,” said Head of Corporate Affairs & Communications – Mr. Kelvin Kellie.
There is no doubt that the products and services of Zain affect the life of every Sierra Leonean. It affects the economy of this country, and it affects our relationship with the outside world, hence numerous positive impacts to the people and State of Sierra Leone.
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