Vodacom Free E-mail aims to allow all Vodacom subscribers to keep in touch with family and friends, not only through calls, SMS or MMS, but now with e-mail too.

With the introduction of Free E-mail, Vodacom is essentially aiming to offer Vodacom customers the option of expanding the manner in which they communicate to embrace evolving technologies. Subscribers who are on Contract, Prepaid and Top-Up, will now have mobile access to their own free e-mail account, says Shameel Joosub, Vodacom SAs MD.

With Vodacom Free-E-mail Vodacom customers can enjoy the various options of reading, replying, sending and managing their e-mail messages from any Internet PC or from their cellphones.

Vodacom Free E-mail offers customers an entry-level 5 megabyte mailbox, providing sufficient storage space and mobile access to the users address. In addition five alias e-mail addresses will be allocated to each customer, thereby enabling family members to each get their own personal e-mail for free. 

For example, and will both be accessible through the same mailbox. Free e-mail now also offers many South Africans who do not have access to a physical post-box another communications choice via the cellphone. An advanced package is available to users who would like the extra benefit of a 1GB mailbox for more space, Vodacom adds.