MWeb now offering iBurst

Comments Thami Mtshali, CEO of iBurst, "We're confident that our partnership with MWeb will see the benefits of high speed wireless broadband rolled out to even more business and home users."

MWeb's launch offer for iBurst, available for two months from 1 October 2006, includes two free months when signing a 12-, 24- or 36-month contract on any of the iBurst packages. The packages start at R279 per month for a 36-month contract including a 210 megabyte data cap and a laptop modem.

MWeb customers will also receive:

• 1GB MWeb mailbox
  
• 24-hour technical support
  
• 300 free WiFi minutes per month (provided that the user is in an MWeb joint-venture hotspot)
  
• Monitoring and alerts (related to data caps and limits)
  
• Single point of contact for all technical, hardware, Internet and billing queries
  
• Exclusive MWeb content, tools and services

This is the second wireless broadband product offering from MWeb, following its 3G/HSDPA offering announcement in July 2006.