Icasa rejects claim of ‘undue haste’ in amending call-termination rates
Icasa amended call-termination rates at the end of September 2018 to reduce communication costs and enhance competition in the industry
Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa) has rejected claims by players in the telecommunications industry that it gave them insufficient time to comment on draft regulations to amend wholesale call-termination rates. Icasa amended call termination rates at the end of September in order to reduce the costs to communicate and enhance competition in the industry. The new rates took effect from October 1. On Friday the authority published the reasons for its decision in the government gazette, stating why it accepted or rejected specific submissions made by stakeholders. MTN, Telkom, Vodacom and Cell C were among those that made oral presentations to Icasa on the draft call-termination regulations which were gazetted on August 16. Icasa chairman Rubben Mohlalogo noted in the statement that stakeholders in the industry had complained that Icasa had not provided them with sufficient time to analyse the draft regulations in order to make meaningful submissions. They claimed that...
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