If South Africa's largest mobile operators have their way, consumers will need to wait at least three more months - and maybe half a year - before South Africa's new data expiry rules come into effect. Cell C this week bought itself and its rivals at least two more weeks' breathing space before they have to comply with the Independent Communications Authority Of South Africa's end-user and subscriber service charter regulations. The rules were meant to come into effect on Friday, just a month after Icasa published them. The regulations say telecommunications companies must send notifications to subscribers about data bundle use and must let consumers roll over unused data. Furthermore, subscribers will have to actively opt in to more expensive out-of-bundle rates when their data bundles are used up - a clause that Icasa says will safeguard users from "bill shocks". But the four largest mobile operators told Icasa that while they were largely comfortable with the new rules and were a...
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