Head of Zantel in Zanzibar, Mohamed Mussa (left) speaks at a press conference in Zanzibar yesterday during the launch of the Telecom’s first ever airtime and data package for tourists, dubbed ‘Tourist Pack’ which will enable tourists travelling in Tanzania to communicate at affordable rates. The Sim card for the service will be sold at 10 USD and will reward Zantel customers with 10 minutes of local and international calls as well as 4GB of data volume for the period of one month. He is flanked by Zantel’s Products expert, Ms. Emilliana Vakolavene.
Zantel
official, Omar Mohamed speaks at a press conference in Zanzibar yesterday
during the launch.
Zantel’s
Account Manager, Salum Ali Said speaks at a press conference in Zanzibar
yesterday.
Head of
Zantel in Zanzibar, Mohamed Mussa congratulates The Chairman of Zanzibar
Association of Tour operators, Hassan Ali Mzee (left) and an official from
Serene tours Zanzibar, Ms. Reyna Yusuph (second right) after joining forces
with the Telecom company to launch the first ever Simcards bundled with airtime and
data packages for tourists, dubbed ‘Tourist Pack’ in Zanzibar yesterday. The
special pack will enable tourists travelling in Tanzania to communicate at affordable
rates.Right is Zantel’s Products expert, Ms. Emilliana Vakolavene.
Zanzibar- ZANTEL has unveiled the first ever special Sim card bundled with airtime and data package for tourists, dubbed ‘Tourist Pack’ which will enable foreign travelers in Zanzibar to make local and international calls in six European countries including; UK, Spain, Denmark, Italy, France and USA at affordable rates.
Launching the special pack at a press conference in Zanzibar yesterday, Head of Zantel in Zanzibar, Mohamed Mussa Baucha said, the new pre-paid starter pack for tourists, offers minutes for international and local calls as well as Internet bundles for the first month of use.
The special package, he added, seeks to enable tourists have a simpler and convenient way of staying connected with their family and relatives abroad.
According to him, Zantel decided to come up with the product for tourists after conducting a thorough research which indicated that most tourists were in dire need of reliable mobile phone services, including internet connection during their stay in Zanzibar.
“When tourists land in Zanzibar the first thing they would often ask for is the availability of data, Wi-Fi, and internet connection, which means telecom service is very important for them and this is what prompted us to introduce this service to cater for their communications demand,” said the Zantel Director.
He said the new starter pack rewards customers with 10 minutes (Zantel to Zantel), 10minutes (Zantel to other networks), and 5 minutes for international calls in two countries; UK and Spain. The Zantel subscribers of Tourist Pack will also be offered 10minutes for international calls in four countries, including France, Italy, Denmark and USA.
The newly-introduced starter pack also provide customers with 4GB data package and once the package expires, the customer can subscribe to a range of other regular airtime and data packages offered by Zantel.
He added that each Sim card for this service will be sold at 10 UDS or its local equivalence and the subscriber will have to follow all registration procedures as per the TCRA regulations.
He revealed at the conference that Zantel pays 2bn/- in tax to the government of the Zanzibar every month and 24bn/- annually.
He also said that Tourism sector’s contribution to the Zanzibar annual budget is around 25 and 27 percent, and stressed the need to improve the service sector in order to attract more visitors to Zanzibar.
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Zanzibar Telecom (Zantel) is the only integrated Telecom service provider in Tanzania offering International Gateway services, Fixed, Mobile and data services through its CDMA, GSM, 3G and 4G networks. Zanzibar Telecom (Zantel) serves a growing subscriber base and consistently demonstrates its core values of affordable, consistent and seamless services and is known as the Best & Fastest Wireless Internet Service provider in Tanzania. Zanzibar Telecom (Zantel) has received several awards and endorsements for its quality and innovative services. Some of these include - GSMA M - Health Award.
Indeed, at Zantel the future is a world in which technology extends people's reach on all fronts
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