Cell C has proposed to parliament that mobile interconnection rates — the fees the operators charge to carry calls on…
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Cellular operators were set to receive a grilling in parliament this week. Politicians want mobile interconnection fees to come down. But it’s far from clear if the basic cost of calls will also fall. Can politicians avoid the temptation of interfering further?
The debate over cellphone interconnection rates is only about how much they would be reduced and over what time period,…
Newly appointed communications director-general Mamodupi Mohlala says government wants mobile operators to reduce prepaid tariffs by passing on a planned…
A flurry of initiatives aimed at achieving a reduction in mobile termination rates will provide interesting sidesdows, but beneath the politics of the moment, the real action remains an intimate dance between the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) and the mobile networks. The initial mobile termination rate, also known as interconnection rate, of 20c/minute was set between Vodacom and MTN on 8 August 1994. This was amended on 28 May 1999, shortly after it was announced by government that a third mobile cellular telecommunications licence would be issued.
AltX-listed Huge Group has hit back at recent claims that a dramatic reduction in mobile interconnection fees will destroy the…
The first reportback on progress regarding mobile termination rates was expected in October, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa…
Telecommunications companies have agreed in a meeting with the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) to come together to negotiate…
Nigeria and Iran continue to perform strongly for MTN but in its home market of SA, where the market is…
Consumers are being duped into believing that mobile call costs are going to plummet once the country’s cellular network operators…