South Africa BlackBerry rental

Please note this product is currently out of stock, for an alternative roaming solution for travel to South Africa please visit our International BlackBerry rental service.

Cellhire has partnered with MTN, the leading South African based cellular operator to offer outstanding data and voice rates for customers traveling across South Africa.

Cellhire’s BlackBerry with South Africa airtime offer gives you the best of both worlds: cost savings and convenience!

A single handheld device for e-mail, voice, text, and internet browsing
Unlimited e-mail & web browsing within South Africa
E-mail's are automatically 'pushed' to you with 'always-on' GPRS connection
Opens attachments in Word, Excel, etc.
VoiceMail
Ability to sync to a corporate BES server or a personalized Cellhire e-mail address (yourname@netmobile.com)

Rental Charges

monthly rental *:

$300.00 per month

setup fee **:

$19.99

credit card authorization

Cellhire will take an authorization from your credit card.

This is not a deposit, but only a hold on the funds, lasting between 24-72 hours depending on the issuing bank.

Cellhire maintains the right to charge and reauthorize your credit card each time your account balance reaches the authorization amount.

$525.00

* Customers are billed the weekly rate until the rental amount reaches the monthly rate.

** Includes round trip ground shipping, activation, e-billing for the entire order.

Call Rates

incoming calls :

FREE

national calls †:

$0.79 per minute

calls to US :

$1.69 per minute

national SMS :

$0.28 per message

international SMS :

$0.60 per message

† A national call is any outgoing call while in South Africa to a local South African phone number. Calls to South African cellular networks other than MTN will be billed at $0.49 per minute.

Optional extras

With Follow Me

Want to take your US number with you?
Just add $0.49 per minute to incoming call charges
click here for more information

Note: If you select this additional service, text messages sent to your US number will not be forwarded to your rented international SIM card.

Click here to view BlackBerry Technical Specifications.

	BlackBerry Curve	BlackBerry Pearl	BlackBerry 8800 Series	BlackBerry Bold 9000	BlackBerry Storm 9500
Size (mm)	106.6 x 61 x 15	107 x 55 x 14	114 x 66 x 14	114 x 66 x 14	112.5 x 62 x 14
Hours talktime (up to, in hrs)	4	3.5	5	4.3	5.5
Standby time (hrs)	400	360	528	216	360
Colour Screen	65K	65K	65K	65K	65K
Band	Quad	Quad	Quad	Quad	Quad
GPS	Yes*	Yes**	Yes	Yes	Yes
Wi Fi	No	Yes***	Yes****	Yes	No
Fixed QWERTY Keyboard	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Integrated Camera	2.0 Megapixel	2.0 Megapixel	No	2.0 Megapixel	3.2 Megapixel

Blackberry

Email on the move from Cellhire

South Africa BlackBerry rental

Rental Charges

Call Rates

Optional extras

Forward your US calls to your Cellhire phone.