Communications regulator Icasa’s new call termination regulations, if implemented without significant changes, will harm the industry and lead to higher prices for consumers, SwitchTel CEO Greg Massel has warned. Don’t miss this the podcast.
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Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko on Monday warned that Icasa’s draft regulations on call termination rates could force the operator into a very difficult position, with the potential that it could ultimately withdraw from providing services in rural areas.
On the TalkCentral podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about Nvidia’s new ray-tracing GPUs, Telkom’s unhappiness with Icasa, Nikon’s new mirrorless cameras and Apple’s forthcoming keynote.
Johannesburg-headquartered Vodacom Group said on Saturday that it has become the first operator in Africa to launch a standards-based, commercial 5G network.
In this episode of the podcast, Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk returns to the show, this time with Naspers Ventures CEO Larry Illg, to talk about the group’s global technology investments and strategies.
Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos on Friday said communications regulator Icasa needs to make bolder decisions in its call termination regulations to assist smaller operators take on Vodacom and MTN.
Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko has severely criticised communications regulator Icasa over proposed new call termination rates, saying they could lead to a jobs bloodbath at the company.
Cabinet has approved an amended version of the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, taking South Africa closer to the allocation of radio frequency spectrum to mobile operators.
Communications regulator Icasa on Thursday signalled it again intends cutting call termination rates – the prices operators may charge each other to carry calls between their networks.
Seacom, which operates an undersea cable that connects Africa to Europe and Asia, is not commenting on speculation that it is in talks to buy South African fibre provider FibreCo Telecommunications.