Dataphone — hosted PBX and SIP provider in South Africa
Dataphone Pty Ltd publishes the most complete telephony rate card in this directory: R48 a month for a telephone line, 29c a minute national, 59c a minute to mobile, R230 to port a single number and hosted PBX packages from R370 a month. The company sells SIP trunks, number porting, hosted PBX, 3CX licensing, server and cloud hosting, and call credit bundles. Its Google profile carries 5.0 from ten reviewers.
Key facts
| Who they are | A South African telephony provider selling SIP lines, hosted PBX and 3CX licensing with an unusually transparent published price list |
| Voice services | SIP telephone lines and trunks, hosted PBX and telephone systems, VoIP services, number porting including managed block porting, and call credit and minute bundles |
| Also offers | 3CX licensing, server and cloud hosting, and technical support |
| Head office | Not published on the site. Dataphone’s Google profile places it at Block C, Carpe Diem, Unit 3, 26 Quantum Road, in the Stellenbosch area |
| Coverage | South Africa. As a hosted service the practical question is the quality of the line at each of your sites |
| ICASA licence | No ICASA reference is published. For a SIP trunk provider the ECS licence position is worth establishing directly, so ask for it in writing |
| Pricing | Published in full: telephone line subscription R48 per month, national calls R0.29 per minute, mobile calls R0.59 per minute, single number porting R230 once-off, managed block porting R1,100 per block, ported number R18 per month, and hosted PBX from R370 per month |
| Transparency | Publishing per-minute call rates alongside the monthly fees is rare in this directory. Most providers publish only the monthly figure, which is the smaller half of a real phone bill |
| Listed In | Cloud PBX Providers |
The only rate card here you can actually budget from
Nearly every provider in this directory publishes a monthly fee and hides the call rates, which is the half of the bill that varies. Dataphone publishes both, plus the porting costs, and that single decision makes it the easiest supplier in this directory to compare against anyone else. Do the arithmetic before you shortlist: at 29c a minute national and 59c to mobile, a team making 2,000 mobile minutes a month spends more on calls than on the R370 hosted PBX. That is not a criticism of the pricing, it is the point of publishing it. The 3CX licensing line is worth noting separately, since a 3CX licence bought in your own name can move to another partner later. Ten reviews is a small sample, so read them rather than leaning on the 5.0. Compare alternatives in the cloud PBX directory.
Who Dataphone is a fit for
- Businesses that want to budget accurately before committing
- Companies porting a block of existing numbers to a new provider
- Buyers wanting a 3CX licence in their own name rather than a locked service
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What does Dataphone charge?
Published figures are R48 per month for a telephone line, R0.29 per minute national, R0.59 per minute to mobile, R230 for single number porting, R1,100 per managed block port, R18 per month per ported number, and hosted PBX from R370 per month.
Which costs more, the line or the calls?
It depends entirely on your usage, which is why publishing both matters. At 59c per minute to mobile, roughly 630 mobile minutes a month costs the same as the R370 hosted PBX package. Do that arithmetic with your own call volumes.
Can Dataphone port a block of numbers?
Yes. Single number porting is R230 once-off and managed block porting is R1,100 per block, with ported numbers then costing R18 per month each. Ask how long the port takes and whether service continues during it.
What does 3CX licensing mean here?
3CX is a software phone system licensed to the business using it. Buying the licence through Dataphone in your own company name means the system can generally move to another partner later without being replaced.
Where is Dataphone based?
No address is published on the site. The company’s Google profile places it at Block C, Carpe Diem, Unit 3, 26 Quantum Road, in the Stellenbosch area.
How long has Dataphone been trading?
No founding year is published, so WhichVoIP does not state one. The registered entity is Dataphone Pty Ltd. Ask for registration details if trading history matters to your evaluation.
This listing is maintained by WhichVoIP, an independent South African telecoms comparison service running since 2019. Details are verified against the provider’s public website and were last reviewed on 28 July 2026.