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Minister’s stance on interconnect fee reduction
Thu, 04 Feb 2010
The Minister of Communications, General (Ret) Siphiwe Nyanda, has noted the decision by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to reject the proposal by mobile operators to reduce the interconnection rate conditional upon a three-year glide path period. Minister Nyanda had indicated in his report to parliament last year that the final decision on this matter rested with the regulator.
It’s also the Minister view that the proposed three-year glide path period is long and unfair to consumers who have been affected by high telecommunication costs for too long.
The Ministry believes that the 89/77 cents (peak and off-peak respectively) are reasonable were they to be implemented within a shorter period than that suggested by the mobile operators.
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