South Africa’s fourth-largest cellular network provider Rain has delayed the launch of its mobile 5G service from 2025 to 2026.
Rain was the first mobile network provider to offer the latest generation of cellular connectivity, with its uncapped fixed-5G Premium plan for R999, launched in late 2019.
Over the following years, it gradually expanded the offering with more affordable uncapped products with lower speeds and grew its fixed-5G network coverage to cover millions of households.
Fixed-5G can only be used in a single location at a time and requires a router, which Rain provides free-to-use as long as the customer has a subscription.
Earlier this year, Rain launched a portable 5G router for customers who wanted flexibility in the location of their uncapped service.
Rain’s 5G network is still not accessible on smartphones or mobile devices. Since it introduced 5G to the country, three of the country’s cellular network providers have launched mobile 5G.
By MyBroadband
