The Competition Commission’s decision to seek to block the Vodacom/Maziv deal is wrong, the Free Market Foundation said.
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The Free Market Foundation has accused the Competition Commission of “punishing” online firms for being successful.
The Free Market Foundation has warned proposed new legislation could pose a threat to South Africans’ right to privacy.
Instead of kowtowing to government, business should insist the state steps aside, the Free Market Foundation has argued.
The SABC should become a proper private enterprise incentivised by profit and driven by competition and innovation.
The Competition Commission wants to punish leading enterprises in the digital space for being successful, the Free Market Foundation said.
Communications minister Khumbudzo Ntshavheni remains convinced that a state-owned network infrastructure company can trump the private sector. She is mistaken.
The prohibition on the private ownership and free trading of spectrum is an “artefact” that has “neither a technological basis nor is supported by economic theory”, says the Free Market Foundation.
Government’s plan to create a wholesale open-access network “will serve no useful purpose” and could, in fact, harm consumers – the exact opposite of what it’s meant to achieve, the Free Market Foundation said.
Cost of data is an emotive subject. This is a critically important week for all users. Media and consumers should take note. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa is attempting to interfere with data bundles and