Browsing: National Consumer Commission

MultiChoice flexed its legal muscle this week to keep the National Consumer ­Commission at bay, using a technicality in an attempt to squash the commission’s case against it. The pay-TV broadcaster was before the Consumer Tribunal this week because the commission believes that its subscriber contract violates the

Another tumultuous year is almost at an end for the SA information and communications technology industry. It was a year of falling telecommunications prices, increasing competition, upheaval in politics and drama in the regulatory environment. Our “Newsmakers of the Year”

Pay-TV broadcasters MultiChoice, owner of DStv, and On Digital Media (ODM), which owns TopTV, have signalled their intention to fight a proposal by the National Consumer Commission that would, if implemented, force them to offer consumers the ability to

The National Consumer Commission, established in April to enforce the new Consumer Protection Act, has received objections from all of SA’s big operators, with the exception of Neotel, to the compliance notices it served on them demanding

Vodacom has expressed “surprise” after being served with a compliance notice by national consumer commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala for allegedly refusing to amend its customer contracts to explain its call rates. Vodacom and other operators

National consumer commissioner Mamodupi Mohlala has served telecommunications operators with compliance notices after they refused to amend their customer contracts to explain their call rates. Signing the notice would legally bind the operators and

Are you sick of unsolicited calls and SMSes from people trying to sell you something? Help is on the way thanks to the National Consumer Commission’s (NCC’s) proposed opt-out registry that allows consumers to sign up to prevent direct

SA’s four cellular network operators and two fixed-line providers will have new customer contracts that are compliant with the Consumer Protection Act in place within the next three months, according to Business Report on Monday. This

The Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) says it wants to work collaboratively with the new National Consumer Commission. The authority’s remarks come after reports suggested it

The information and communications technology (ICT) industry and two other sectors will face special investigations by the National Consumer Commission, its head Mamodupi Mohlala says. The commission, established on 1 April in terms of the new