MTN introduces World Panel SunStream in new bundle

by **Admin** Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:21 pm

MTN South Africa on Monday
launched its new promotional package featuring World Panel’s SunStream, which allows users to stream electricity from the sun directly into their mobile devices.

Mr. Hennie Botha, World Panel’s
Managing Director for South Africa,
made the disclosure in a statement by MTN made available to the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

According to the statement, World
Panel SunStream will keep MTN
customers charged in the energy-
strapped region.

Sunstream, the world’s most efficient and durable micro-solar panel is made by a U.S. company and instantaneously converts sunlight into electricity and delivers it to your feature phone with a 99 per cent throughput rate.

It said that MTN/SunStream bundle
carried a Manufacturer’s Suggested
Retail Price (MSRP) of about 219 South African Rand (R219) and included a SunStream and R20 free airtime on the MTN network.

It said that the promotional package
was available at MTN stores in
Mthatha, adding that SunStream was
expected to roll out across South Africa soon.

“The SunStream was developed with
exactly this customer in mind:
someone who views his mobile device as a lifeline but lacks the power to keep it charged.

“The reliable, affordable power
offered by the SunStream can be a
game-changer, and we are therefore
pleased to launch this bundle with
MTN,’’ the statement said.

It added that the World Panel’s
SunStream product line was
introduced in late 2015 after years in
development.
It said that built to international
standards; the new technology
bypasses the need for chipsets or PC boards, which are notorious for
breakage on typical solar charging
devices.

The statement said the highly durable SunStream products would charge most feature phones at or near the same speed as a wall plug and could perform even while submerged in water.

It said that the new bundle was
announced at an event in Mthatha
with executives from MTN and World
Panel Inc. present, with product
demonstrations and branded
promotion.

NAN reports that World Panel, Inc. is
a triple-bottom-line company (people, planet, profit) founded by solar expert and entrepreneur John Anderson.