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PUBLIC NOTICE INTERNET PRICESAS AT END JUNE 2015
This publication shows Internet packages and prices for the various Retail Service Providers offering Internet services through different technologies. Internet is mainly provided through Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Leased Lines as dedicated links, Wireless Radio Links and Satellite.
All prices in this publication are VAT Exclusive and are in Botswana Pula (BWP) unless otherwise specified.
1. ASYMMETRIC DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (ADSL)
Internet offered through ADSL is composed of the following:
1. Bandwidth 2. Internet Access 3. Phone Line 4. Modem 5. Handset
Table 4: GLOBAL BROADBAND SOLUTIONS
Bandwidth Package Speed Bandwidth Price Per Month Bronze 512Kbps 196.43 Silver 1024Kbps 348.21 Gold 2048Kbps 549.11 Platinum 4096Kbps 736.61NB: Modem Purchase Price: P700.00
TABLe 5: ZeBRANeT
Bandwidth Package Speed Bandwidth Price Per Month Bronze 512/128 kbps 200.00 Silver 1024/192 kbps 450.00 Gold 2048/256 kbps 650.00 Platinum plus 4096/768 kbps 1,500.00
A customer subscribing to ADSL has to pay Internet access charge, telephone line rental and handset charge directly to BTCL as indicated in Table 1 below;
Table 1: ADSL MONTHLY CHARGeS PAID DIReCTLY TO BTCL
Speed Internet Residential Line Business Line Handset Access Rental Rental 256/64 Kbps 91.00 75.00 125.00 5.33 512/128Kbps 110.00 75.00 125.00 5.33 1024/192Kbps 159.00 75.00 125.00 5.33 2048/256Kbps 225.00 75.00 125.00 5.33 4096/768Kbps 360.91 75.00 125.00 5.33
Prices charged by different Service Providers for ADSL Bandwidth
The bandwidth charge is paid directly to the respective Service Providers as shown in Table 2 to Table 11 below. Modems may be purchased or rented.
Table 2: BTCL ReTAIL
Bandwidth Package Speed Bandwidth Price Per Month Bronze 512/128 Kbps 42.00 Silver 1024/192 Kbps 84.00 Gold 2048/256 Kbps 110.00 Platinum+ 4096/768 Kbps 181.00NB: Modem Rental Price: P32.36 Per Month.
TABLe 3A: LeNONG COMMUNICATIONS
Bandwidth Package Speed Bandwidth Price Per Month
R E S I D E N T I A L P A C K A G E S Home Bronze 512/128Kbps 189.00 Home Silver 1024/196Kbps 265.00 Home Gold 2048/256Kbps 336.00
B U S I N E S S P A C K A G E S Business Bronze 512/128Kbps 265.00 Business Silver 1024/196Kbps 336.00 Business Gold 2048/256Kbps 450.00
TABLe 3B: MODeM PRICeS
Modem Purchase Price Rental Per Month
1- Port ADSL2+ Router Modem 285.00 36.00 4- Port ADSL2+ Router Modem 400.00 50.00 4-Port ADSL2+ Wireless Router Modem 1,230.00 155.00
TABLe 6B: MODeM PRICeS
Modem Purchase Price Rental Per Month Ethernet Single port 388.39 44.19 Ethernet Single 4 port 459.49 50.44 Ethernet Wireless 1,230.00 117.60
Table 7: VIRTUAL BUSINeSS NeTWORK SeRVICeS
Speed Bandwidth Price Cap Per Month
R E S I D E N T I A L P A C K A G E S 1024/192kbps 290.00 30GB 2048/256kbps 390.00 50GB 4096/768kbps 780.00 80GB
B U S I N E S S P A C K A G E S 1Mb/192Kbps 360.00 10GB 2Mb/256Kbps 480.00 20GB 4Mb/768Kbps 960.00 50GB
Table 8: OPQNet
Package Speed Bandwidth Price per Month
R E S I D E N T I A L Bronze 512 kbps 170.00 Silver 1024 kbps 290.00 Gold 2048 kbps 390.00
B U S I N E S S Bronze 512 kbps 260.00 Silver 1024 kbps 360.00 Gold 2048 kbps 480.00NB: Modem Purchase Price: P450.00
Table 9: MeGA INTeRNeT
Package Speed Bandwidth Price per Month Bronze 512/128 Kbps 151.79 Silver 1024/192 Kbps 294.64 Gold 2048/256 Kbps 633.93 Diamond 4096/640 Kbps 982.14Modem price: P550
Table 10: MICROTeCK
Package Speed Bandwidth Price per Month R E S I D E N T I A L A D S L ADSL Starter 256/64Kbps 108.00 ADSL 512 512/128Kbps 180.00 ADSL 1024 1024/192Kbps 280.00 ADSL 2048 2048/256Kbps 380.00 ADSL 4096 4096/768Kbps 1,080.00
B U S I N E S S ( U N L I M I T E D ) ADSL 512 512/128Kbps 475.56 ADSL 1024 1024/192Kbps 759.52 ADSL 2048 2048/256Kbps 1,024.00Modem prices: P680.00 (Wi-Fi included)
Table 11: ICT DYNAMIX
Speed Bandwidth Price per Month 512Kbps 124.00 1024Kbps 324.00 2048Kbps 424.00 3072Kbps 624.00 4096Kbps 724.00Modem Price: P600 and rental P60 per month
2. WIReLeSS INTeRNeT SeRVICeS
Table 14a to Table 26 indicate prices for Wireless Internet Services:
Table14a: LeNONG COMMUNICATIONS: SHAReD FIXeD WIReLeSS INTeRNeT
Bandwidth Package Speed Price Per Month Cap Per Month
R E S I D E N T I A L Home Bronze 1Mb Shared 350.00 20GB Home Silver 2Mb Shared 560.00 30GB
B U S I N E S S Office Bronze 512/192Kbps 400.00 7GB Office Silver 1Mb/256Kbps 700.00 15GB Office Gold 2Mb/350Kbps 1,300.00 40GB
Table 14b: DeDICATeD WIReLeSS INTeRNeT PACKAGeS
Package Speed Price Per Month
1MB 1024/1024Kbps 3,000.00 2MB 2048/2048Kbps 5,000.00 3MB 3072/3072Kbps 6,900.00 4MB 4096/4096Kbps 8,800.00
Table 15: VIRTUAL BUSINeSS NeTWORK SeRVICeS - DeDICATeD
Speed Price Per Month Cap Per Month R E S I D E N T I A L P A C K A G E S 1 Mb/300Kbps 330.00 30 GB 2 Mb/400Kbps 500.00 60 GB 3 Mb/500Kbps 700.00 80 GB 4 Mb/700Kbps 900.00 100 GB 6 Mb/800Kbps 1,200.00 150 GB B U S I N E S S P A C K A G E S 1 Mb/200Kbps 440.00 10 GB 1 Mb/300Kbps 600.00 30 GB 2 Mb/400Kbps 1,100.00 60 GB 3 Mb/500Kbps 1,500.00 80 GB 4 Mb/700Kbps 1,700.00 100 GB 6 Mb/800Kbps 2,000.00 150 GB
TABLe 6A: BYTeS TeCHNOLOGY GROUP
Speed Bandwidth Price Per Month 1024/192 Kbps 216.00 2048/256 Kbps 484.00 3072/768 Kbps 795.00 4096/768 Kbps 1,197.00 NB: Modem Purchase Price: P440.00
Table 12: INTeRNeT OPTIONS BOTSWANA
Package Speed Bandwidth Price per Month R E S I D E N T I A L P A C K A G E Bronze 512/128Kbps 190.00 Silver 1024/192 Kbps 267.00 Gold 2048/256 Kbps 375.00 B U S I N E S S P A C K A G E Bronze 512/128Kbps 260.00 Silver 1024/192Kbps 360.00 Gold 2048/256Kbps 480.00Wireless Modem Purchase Price: P400.00
Table 13: BROADBAND BOTSWANA INTeRNeT
ADSL Package Bandwidth Bandwidth Price per Month ADSL 512Kbps 512Kbps 261.04 ADSL 1024Kbps 1Mbps 365.05 ADSL 2048Kbps 2Mbps 485.43 ADSL 4096Kbps 4Mbps 770.24
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A customer subscribing to ADSL has to pay Internet access charge, telephone line rental and handset charge directly to BTCL as indicated in Table 1 below;
INTERNET PRICESAS AT END JUNE 2015 [CONTINUED]
Table 22: OPQNET 1 YEAR DEDICATED (CIR)
Package Speed 1 year Wireless bandwidth Fibre bandwidth
1 Mbps 1,640.00 2,022.00 2 Mbps 3,267.00 3,649.00 3 Mbps 4,892.00 5,656.00 4 Mbps 6,513.00 7,277.00 5 Mbps 8,128.00 9,274.00 6 Mbps 9,739.00 10,885.00 7 Mbps 11,344.00 12,872.00 8 Mbps 12,944.00 14,472.00 9 Mbps 14,539.00 16,421.00 10 Mbps 16,130.00 18,012.00 Speed goes up to 25 Mbps
Table 16a: BROADBAND BOTSWANA INTERNET (BBI): UNCAPPED
Package Bandwidth-Downlink/Uplink Price Per Month
Home 1MB/640 Kbps 446.43 Power 1.5MB/896Kbps 758.93 Business 2MB/1MB 1,098.21 Business Plus+ 2.5MB/1MB 1,696.43 Corporate 3MB/1.5MB 2,276.99 Large Corporate 4MB/1.5MB 2,276.79
BOTSWANA COMMUNICATIONSREGULATORY AUTHORITY
PLOT 206/207 INDEPENDENCE AVENUEPRIVATE BAG OO495, GABORONE, BOTSWANA
TEL: +267 395 7755 FAX: + 267 395 [email protected] | www.bocra.org.bw
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Table 16b: COMMITTED INFORMATION RATE (CIR) PACKAGES (3 YEAR CONTRACT FIXED WIRELESS)
Package Bandwidth-Downlink/Uplink Price Per Month 1 Mbps 1MB/1MB 1,382.88 2 Mbps 2MB/2MB 2,761.44 3 Mbps 3MB/3MB 4,135.65 4 Mbps 4MB/4MB 5,505.55 5 Mbps 5MN/5MB 6,871.13 6 Mbps 6MB/6MB 8,232.36 7 Mbps 7MB/7MB 9,589.28 8 Mbps 8MB/8MB 10,941.86 9 Mbps 9MB/9MB 12,290.12 10 Mbps 10MB/10MB 13,634.04
Table 17a: CLOUDCONNECT RADIO UNCAPPED
Speed Price Per Month
1 Mbps 2,232.42 2 Mbps 2,680.42 4 Mbps 3,576.42 10 Mbps 6,264.42
Table 17b: CLOUDCONNECT VSAT UNCAPPED
Speed Price Per Month
1 Mbps 2,961.00 2 Mbps 4,971.00 3 Mbps 6,787.00 5 Mbps 9,570.00
Table 18: GC - SAT WIRELESS INTERNET SERVICES
Package Burst Minimum Speed 1 Year Contract (Price Per Month) Home Lite 512Kbps 16Kbps 459.82 Home 512Kbps 32Kbps 504.46 Home Plus 1Mbps 64Kbps 598.21 Home Extreme 2Mbps 128Kbps 799.11 Business Lite 1 Mbps 128Kbps 785.71 Business 1 1Mbps 256Kbps 11,51.79 Business 2 2Mbps 512Kbps 1,910.71 Business 4 4Mbps 1Mbps 3,410.71 Business 6 6Mbps 1.5Mbps 4,910.71 Business 8 8Mbps 2.0Mbps 6,410.71
Table 19: ZEBRANET: DEDICATED INTERNET BANDWIDTH UNLIMITED AND LOCAL FIBER
Bandwidth Price Per Month 1 Mbps 5,900.00 2 Mbps 11,800.00 3 Mbps 17,700.00 4 Mbps 23,600.00 5 Mbps 29,500.00 6 Mbps 35,400.00 7 Mbps 41,300.00 8 Mbps 47,200.00 9 Mbps 53,100.00 10 Mbps 59,000.00
Table 20: OPQNET - FIXED WIRELESS (SHARED UNCAPPED)
Package Speed Bandwidth Price Per Month R E S I D E N T I A L Home 500 2.5 Mbps 500.00 O1 Home 2.5 Mbps 650.00 O2 Home 5.0 Mbps 1,350.00 B U S I N E S S Business 750 2.0 Mbps 750.00 O1 Business 2.5 Mbps 999.00 O1 Business Pro 3.5 Mbps 1,399.00 O2 Business Pro 4.5 Mbps 1,925.00 O3 Business Pro 6.0 Mbps 3,700.00
Table 21: ICT DYNAMIX: FIXED WIRELESS (SHARED UNCAPPED)
Speed Bandwidth Price Per Month R E S I D E N T I A L P A C K A G E S 512Kbps 345.00 1Mbps 445.00 2Mbps 645.00 3Mbps 745.00 4Mbps 845.00 B U S I N E S S P A C K A G E S 512Kbs 445.00 1Mbps 744.00 2Mbps 1,342.00 3Mbps 1,940.00 4Mbps 2,538.00
Table 31: BTCL CORPORATE RETAIL BANDWIDTH
Capacity (Mbps) Price Per Month 1 1,630.34 2 3,255.59 5 8,100.69 8 12,899.87 10 16,073.81 20 30,103.96 30 47,073.32 40 62,254.14 50 87,904.21 60 105,138.06 70 122,256.25 80 139,258.77 90 156,145.63 100 172,916.83 155 265,331.91 200 338,026.38 300 494,027.43 500 777,836.57 600 907,379.61 620 932,247.25
Table 32a: OMNISAT SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS UNCAPPED INTERNET SERVICES
Package Speed Service Level and respective monthly subscriptions in USD
Download/Upload Copper Nickel Diamond Kwena 0.5Mbps/128Kbps 65.00 100.00 150.00 Kubu 1Mbps/256Kbps 130.00 200.00 300.00 Pitsi 2Mbps/512Kbps 260.00 400.00 600.00 Tau 4Mbps/512Kbps 416.00 640.00 960.00
Table 32b: OMNISAT SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATE UNCAPPED INTERNET SERVICES
Package Speed Contention ratios and monthly
subscriptions in USD Download/Upload 10:1 5:1 2:1 Premium 0.5Mbps/128Kbps 225.00 450.00 1,125.00 Premium+ 1Mbps/256Kbps 450.00 900.00 2,250.00 Corporate 2Mbps/512Kbps 900.00 1800.00 4,500.00 Corporate+ 4Mbps/512Kbps 1,440.00 2,880.00 7,200.00
Table 33: VSAT BOTSWANA (Pty) Ltd- CAPPED INTERNET SERVICES
Ku Band with New Technology
Download speed Download Cap Price
2MB 5 GB 995.00 4MB 8GB 1,595.00 6MB 10GB 1,950.00 10MB 25GB 3,750.00 10MB 50GB 6,995.00
Ku Band with I direct
Download speed Download Cap Price
1MB 15GB 1,995.00 1,5MB 20GB 2,995.00 2MB 40GB 5,500.00
Customers are kindly advised to consult their respective Service Providers for any further information on the prices and products and availability of services in various areas.
Table 34: CONTACT DETAILS
Service Provider Contacts
Botswana Telecommunications E-mail: [email protected] Corporation Limited Tel No: 3953000
Lenong Communications E-Mail: [email protected] Tel No: 3951612
Global Broadband Solutions E-mail: [email protected] Tel No: 3904620
Zebranet E-Mail: [email protected] Tel No: 3959000
Bytes Technology Group E-Mail: [email protected] Tel No: 3918444
Virtual Business Network Services E-mail: [email protected] Tel No: 3710101
OPQNet E-mail: [email protected] Tel No: 3973945
Broadband Botswana Internet E-mail: [email protected] Tel No: 3912345
PosoCloud Email: [email protected] Tel No: 3953638
Orange Botswana Email: [email protected] Cell: 72000123
GCSAT E-Mail: [email protected] Tel No: 3912626
Kasane Computers E-mail: [email protected] Tel No: 6252312
Mega Internet Email: [email protected] Tel No: 3913067/3180971
ICT Dyamix Email: [email protected] / [email protected] Tel No: 3185515
Internet Options Botswana Email: [email protected] Tel No: 3153000
OmniSat Email: [email protected] Tel No: 3908936
VSAT Botswana (Pty) Ltd Email: [email protected] Tel No:75908680
Table 23: MICROTECK-WIMAX
Package Speed Price Per Month
BUSINESS PACKAGES (GUARANTEED BANDwIDTh) 4G Dedicated 1 1 Mbps 1,580.00 4G Dedicated 2 2 Mbps 3,170.00 4G Dedicated 3 3 Mbps 4,760.00 4G Dedicated 5 5 Mbps 7,940.00 4G Dedicated 10 10 Mbps 15,410.00 4G Dedicated 20 20 Mbps 29,380.00 4G Dedicated 30 30 Mbps 44,080.00 4G Best Effort Service 2 Mbps 1,480.00
BUSINESS 4G PoINT To PoINT CoNNECTIvITy 4G PtP 256 256 Kbps 1,780.00 4G PtP512 512 Kbps 2,380.00 4G PtP1024 1024 Kbps 3,180.00
RESIDENTIAL PACKAGES (4G homE) 4G Home 512 512 Kbps 380.00* 4G Home 1 1.5 Mbps 880.00** 4G Home 2 2.5 Mbps 1,280.00** 4G Home 3 4 Mbps 1,800.00**
NB:All packages offer unlimited downloads and uploads. Routing modem is sold P1,200.00
Table 24: GLOBAL BROADBAND SOLUTIONS: WIMAX
Speed Price Per Month
512 Kbps-Residential 500.00 1024 Kbps-Business 1,000.00 1024 Kbps-Dedicated 2,000.00
Table 25a: ORANGE PREPAID BUNDLES
Package Price Price/MB
2GB 455.54 0.21 5GB 713.39 0.13 10GB 1,249.11 0.11
Table 25b: MASCOM: MYMEG PREPAID DATA BUNDLES
Package Data Bundle (MB) Subscription Cost
MyMeg14 14 8.48 MyMeg30 30 17.41 MyMeg70 70 40.18 MyMeg130 130 71.43 MyMeg250 250 133.93 MyMeg500 500 267.86 MyMeg1200 1200 535.71
Table 26: BTCL: WIRELESS DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (WDSL)
Speed Access Charge Bandwidth Price Per Month 1Mbps 259.00 84.00 2Mbps 325.00 110.00 4Mbps 460.91 181.00 10Mbps 612.71 391.00 20Mbps 813.32 783.00modem monthly Rental Price: P167.00
SATELLITE INTERNET PRICES
Table 27 to Table 33 indicate Satellite Internet prices
Table 27: LENONG COMMUNICATIONS
Package Downlink Price Per Retail Download Limit /Uplink Month Equipment Basic 1Mb/256Kbps 650.00 6,250.00 Uncapped Bronze 2Mb/512Kbps 1,250.00 6,250.00 20GB Silver 3Mb/512Kbps 1,560.00 6,250.00 30GB Gold 4Mb/512Kbps 2,490.00 6,250.00 40GB SOHO 2Mb/400Kbps 3,240.00 12,625.00 Uncapped SOHO plus 2Mb/400Kbps 3,990.00 12,625.00 Uncapped Business Plus 10Mb/512Kbps 3,800.00 6,250.00 50GB Platinum 6Mb/800Kbps 5,560.00 12,625.00 Uncapped Enterprise 10Mbps/2Mbps 950.00 5GB Backup Double Platinum 20Mbps/2Mbps 10,920.00 12,625.00 Uncapped
Table 28: ZEBRANET
Speed Data Bundle Price Per Month
2Mb/512Kbps 5GB 1,302.79 4Mb/512Kbps 10GB 2,686.43 8Mb/512Kbps 15GB 4,034.14 16Mb/512Kbps 20GB 5,256.06
Table 29: GCSAT
Speed Data Bundle Price Per Month
2Mb/512Kbps 5GB 1,525.89 4Mb/512Kbps 10GB 3,147.32 8Mb/512Kbps 15GB 4,725.89 16Mb/512Kbps 20GB 6,158.04
Table 30: KASANE COMPUTERS - DEDICATED BANDWIDTH PLAN
Speed Fixed Data Cap Per Price Per Month Month (Off Peak Usage FREE) 256Kbps 6GB 1,512.00 336Kbps 8GB 2,016.00 432Kbps 10GB 2,520.00 512Kbps 12GB 3,024.00 608Kbps 14GB 3,528.00 688Kbps 16GB 4,095.00 752Kbps 18GB 4,599.00 848Kbps 20GB 5,103.00 1008Kbps 24GB 6,111.00 1184Kbps 28GB 7,119.00 1360Kbps 32GB 8,127.00 1520Kbps 36GB 9,135.00 1696Kbps 40GB 10,143.00 1872Kbps 44GB 11,151.00 2048Kbps 48GB 12,159.00
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INTERNET PRICESAS AT END JUNE 2015 [CONTINUED]