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SA to cut interconnect rates

South Africa’s communications regulator said on Friday it would force cellphone companies to cut charges for handling calls from other providers.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
INTERCONNECT FEES

Vodacom loses $79m after interconnect rate cut

Vodacom said on Tuesday it has lost about $79-million in the last three months due to a regulatory rate cut.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
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Little consumer benefit from interconnect rate cut

South Africa’s first interconnect rate cut in eight years has translated into a meager 2% cost decrease for the average business contract subscriber.

  • Christina Gossmann
2 min read
INTERCONNECT FEES

SA on course to reduce cost of communications

SA has done well to reduce the cost of communicating, and the next step should see curbs in the retail market, the communications minister says.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
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Icasa slashes interconnection rates

South Africa’s telecoms regulator has finally taken the bull by the horns and has announced its plan to regulate interconnection rates.

  • Lloyd Gedye
3 min read
FARANAAZ PARKER

Investors give ‘naked’ Telkom the thumbs down

“Naked” Telkom reported that headline earnings a share had dropped by 37.9% to 242 cents for the six months ended September 30.

  • Faranaaz Parker
4 min read
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The general moves in

Siphiwe Nyanda may have won the first interconnection battle, but the war is still on, writes Lloyd Gedye.

  • Staff Reporter
7 min read
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Interconnect questions? Mail us

Confused about the lowering of cellphone interconnect rates and what it means for you? Send us your questions and we’ll get an expert to answer them.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
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Cell C: lower prices on the way

Cell C has broken ranks with the incumbent cellphone operators, calling for interconnect fees to be cut to 75 cents a minute from the present R1.25.

  • Qudsiya Karrim
2 min read