Extras
With Tango you have various additional features and services that you can make use of which will make you experience using this pre-paid option more enjoyable.
Tango Airtime Transfer
There is now an easier way to send someone Tango airtime
Send and receive Tango airtime via SMS (free of charge) from one Tango customer to another.
SMS the amount of money you wish to transfer and the cellphone number of the person who will receive the airtime to 137, e.g., 10#0812434390 (Minimum transfer of N$5)
Tango - Friends & Family
What is Friends & Family?
Friends & Family lets you call four pre-selected? MTC cellphone numbers for cheaper.
How much does it cost?
Setting up your Friends & Family is FREE.
How do I set it up?
Step 1: Have your four favourite numbers ready Step 2: Dial 133 Step 3: Enter PIN (preset 1111) Step 4: You'll get two options: - Press 1 to change PIN - Press 2 for Friends & Family Step 5: You'll get another two options. - Press 1 to add new numbers
Tango - Roaming
Tango customers can roam in South Africa without prior arrangement with MTC.
• All Tango customers can now automatically roam in South Africa by simply selecting the Vodacom network manually when switching on your cellphone.
• Before leaving Namibia please ensure that you have sufficient airtime or additional recharge vouchers. Recharge your account while in South Africa via SMS 132, free of charge.
• For balance enquiries SMS 131, free of charge.
• Namibian students in South Africa have the benefit of making one chargeable call or SMS per month and keep their number.
• To retrieve messages while roaming, dial + 264 81 111 and follow instructions.
CallMeBack service
It is a USSD-based service whereby MTC customers can request that a third party user call them back. There is no charge for the service and, most importantly, no airtime balance is required to send this message.
Simply type: *150* followed by the cell number of the person # send (green phone)
The other party will then receive an sms requesting them to call you back.
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