Data Transfer

Terms And Conditions

  1. Data Transfer will be applicable to Prepaid, Hybrid and Post-paid subscribers. 
  2. Transfer of Data bundles will be applicable to all once-off & recurring data bundles.
  3. Only a customer that is the Master Account Holder can transfer a data bundle
  4. Transfer of Data bundles will be applicable within the following payment types:
    1. Post-paid customers can only transfer Data to Post-paid and Hybrid customers 
    2. Hybrid customers can only transfer Data to Hybrid and Post-paid customers 
    3. Prepaid customers can only transfer Data to Prepaid customers
    4. Customers on NXT LVL price plans can only share Data with Customers on NXT LVL price plans
      1. NXT LVL Prepaid customers can only share Data with NXT LVL Prepaid customers 
      2. NXT LVL Hybrid customers can only share Data with NXT LVL Hybrid customers 
    5. Customers on Mobile Broadband data price plans can only share Data with Customers on Mobile Broadband data price plans
      1. Mobile Broadband data price Hybrid customers can only share Data with Mobile Broadband data price Hybrid and Mobile Broadband data price Post-paid customers 
      2. Mobile Broadband data price Post-paid customers can only share Data with Mobile Broadband data price Hybrid and Mobile Broadband data price Post-paid customers 
  5. All Vodacom data bundles will be available for transfer free of charge.
  6. You may not transfer all free data bundles.
  7. A Sharing Subscriber can allocate Data bundles to a receiving MSISDN/s only within a pre-set parameter of bundle sizes. The pre-defined allocation bundle sizes will be as follows:
    50MB, 100MB, 250MB, 500MB and 1 GB
  8. Data Bundles can only be transferred on a set number of days before expiry:
    1. Bundles with validities less than 1 day can be transferred immediately
    2. Bundles with validities greater than 1 day and less than or equal 29 days can only be transferred 3 days or less prior to expiry
    3. Bundles with validities over 29 days can only be transferred 25 days or less prior to expiry.
  9. The sharing subscriber will have the ability to link up to 5 MSISDN/s. The sharing subscriber will only be able to link/de-link the Receiving MSISDN/s that they can allocate every 30 days
  10. There is no limit to the number of times a Sharing customer can allocate bundles to receiving customers
    1. All allocated hourly bundles given to the receiving MSISDN/s will be valid for an hour
    2. All allocated daily bundles given to the receiving MSISDN/s will be valid for a day
    3. All allocated Weekend bundles given to the receiving MSISDN/s will be valid for one weekend
    4. All allocated data bundles with a validity greater than 24 hours given to the receiving MSISDN/s will be valid for 7 days
  11. The allocated bundle given to the receiving MSISDN/s cannot be further transferred to someone else.
  12. The allocated bundle given to the receiving MSISDN/s cannot be Rolled over
  13. The channels that a customer can use to transfer data is:
    1. USSD (*135#)
  14. In the cases where URL based bundles are transferred, the receiving customer is required to have access to the relevant applications to be able to use the URL based data bundle received 
  15. Vodacom reserves the right to amend these terms and conditions and where such change is material, Vodacom will notify its customers of such amendment(s) before they come into force.
  16. Vodacom reserves the right to suspend the service in the event of suspected abuse where non-compliant devices (as specified by the regulating body, ICASA) are being used on the Vodacom network