Inflated international rates prejudice consumers

Apr 9, 2015

South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) says it is misleading for MTN to take a unilateral decision to increase its international call termination rates in order to protect its revenue, while claiming that this will not prejudice local consumers....

MTN lowers international calling rates

Oct 31, 2014

MTN South Africa has launched a new international calling promotion that will see customers provided with the opportunity to call selected destinations from 79 cents per minute. MTN will also introduce the new international calling bundle and subscription offers which...

Low Internet rates from OpenWeb

Oct 8, 2014

Internet service provider (ISP) OpenWeb has announced the launch of its range of Priority Capped Unshaped ADSL packages, offering rates as low as R0.98c per Gb. According to Keoma Wright, founder of OpenWeb, the ISP has noted a shift in the market from Uncapped to...

Cell C lashes out at Icasa over new rates

Sep 9, 2014

Cell C is disappointed by the “dramatic U-turn” Icasa (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) has made regarding mobile termination rates, saying it has reversed gains to “remedy the current market failure and promote competition in a duopolistic market”.

Icasa proposes new interconnect rates

Sep 5, 2014

Icasa (Independent Communications Authority of South Africa) yesterday published its proposed new mobile interconnect rates, to be implemented from 1 October 2014. The first drop will be about 20%, to 16 cents, from March 2015. Thereafter rates should fall to 12 cents...