Icasa will hold public hearings into contentious proposed changes to wholesale call termination rates.
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Vodacom has claimed in court papers that it has been unfairly disadvantaged by its main rival’s spectrum deals.
Shameel Joosub said planned further cuts to call termination rates will have no real impact on retail prices.
The Internet Service Providers’ Association has raised concerns about the planned cuts in fixed call termination rates.
Blue Label Telecoms has received approval from the Competition Commission to take control of Cell C.
Cell C has improved, but MTN and Vodacom still dominate network experience ratings in the latest OpenSignal report.
Telkom has criticised Icasa’s proposed new inter-network call rates, saying there should be parity between fixed and mobile.
Icasa has proposed slashing mobile and fixed call termination rates by as much as 83% over the next 15 months.
User reliance on legacy 2G and 3G networks is constraining the ability of network operators to migrate to newer technologies.
El Kope, who has been serving as acting chief financial officer at Cell C since August, has been appointed to the position full time.