{"id":47407,"date":"2013-10-09T17:39:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-09T15:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=47407"},"modified":"2013-10-10T11:37:47","modified_gmt":"2013-10-10T09:37:47","slug":"vodacom-responds-to-cell-c-charge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/47407\/vodacom-responds-to-cell-c-charge\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom responds to Cell C charge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vodacom<\/a> has said that Cell C<\/a>\u2019s complaint with the Competition Commission<\/a> appears to argue that the prices for on-network calls on Vodacom must be increased.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to argue that increasing prices would be a benefit to consumers,\u201d a Vodacom spokesperson told MyBroadband.<\/p>\n

This comes after Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig<\/a> announced at the 2013 MyBroadband conference on Wednesday, 9 October 2013 that they had lodged a complaint with the Competition Commission against dominant mobile operators, Vodacom and MTN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the 2013 MyBroadband Conference, Cell C CEO Alan Knott-Craig said that Vodacom and MTN are abusing their dominant market positions with far lower on-net call rates.<\/p>\n

Knott-Craig vowed to fight against the unfair practices and poor policies in the country\u2019s telecoms space.<\/p>\n

In their statement, Vodacom concurred with MTN SA boss Zunaid Bulbulia<\/a> who told conference attendees that lower on-network prices are a standard industry practice which even Cell C implements on its network.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a standard practice worldwide for companies to offer their customers lower priced calls when those calls are to other people on the same network,\u201d Vodacom said.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/p>\n

More on MTN, Cell C, and Vodacom<\/h3>\n

MTN bites back at Cell C claims<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Cell C takes Vodacom, MTN to the Competition Commission<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

We are winning: Cell C<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

No space for 4 mobile players in SA: Knott-Craig<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MTN CEO warns \u201cdestructive\u201d rivals<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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