SAFARICOM ETHIOPIA FRIENDS AND FAMILY PLAN TERMS AND
CONDITIONS
Welcome to Safaricom.
The following terms and conditions apply to the Safaricom
Friends and Family Plan (“Service”). By using this Service, it
means you have read, understood, and accepted the terms and
conditions set out herein.
- Definition
- “Active subscriber” means a subscriber who is
active on the network and has not been suspended or
de-activated.
- “Friends and Family” means a group of
subscribers who are members of a Family and Friends
group.
- “The Group Initiator” means the main member of a
Family and Friends group who sets up the group in
accordance with these terms and conditions and has
certain rights and privileges regarding the group.
- Subscription Fee means a daily recurring fee
charged to the Group Initiator of the Friends and Family
group.
- “Safaricom” means Safaricom Telecommunications
Ethiopia PLC.
- Eligibility
The service is available to new and
existing active Pre-pay customers.
- How to Access and Use the Service
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To access and use the service, Safaricom customers shall
form a group made up of Friends and Family of their
choice via USSD *777#.
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A group shall be made up of a minimum of two (2) members
up to a maximum of five (5) members at any time.
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You can activate and deactivate the Service as many
times as You wish.
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The Group initiator shall be charged a daily recurring
fee of Birr 1 which shall allow him to call members of
the Family and Friends group for free. Other members of
the group, however, shall be charged normal calling
rates when they call each other, including the Group
Initiator.
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The Group initiator shall enjoy free calling to members
for as long as the Friends and Family group exists with
assigned members, and he/she continues to pay the
subscription fee.
- Business Rules
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A Friends and Family Group member can be in as many
groups as possible. There is no limit to the number of
groups a customer can join.
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Any customer can create a group. However, a customer can
only create one group at a time. For clarity, a customer
can only be a Group Initiator for one group at any time.
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A Group Initiator can be added as a member of other
groups.
- Group members can also create their own groups.
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The Group initiator can de-activate the Friends and
Family group at any time which will disband/ terminate
the group.
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The subscription fee will be auto-renewed daily, and a
Group initiator will receive automatic subscription
renewal expiry alerts.
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When the Group Initiator calls within the Group, the
free resources will take priority over any voice
packages and airtime resources that he/she may have.
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The Group initiator can make up to 10 member changes
(add and/or remove members) in a period of thirty (30)
days.
- Extension of Prepay Terms and Conditions
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These terms and conditions are subject to the published
Safaricom Pre-pay Terms and Conditions available on the
website
www.safaricom.et.
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Safaricom reserves the right to amend or vary these
terms and conditions or to withdraw from the Promotion
at any time. In any of these events, notice will be
given via media advertisements including at Safaricom’s
discretion on
www.safaricom.et and
will be effective immediately or as at the date referred
in such notifications.