{"id":53432,"date":"2014-02-20T13:38:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T11:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=53432"},"modified":"2014-02-20T13:38:51","modified_gmt":"2014-02-20T11:38:51","slug":"new-call-termination-date-from-icasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/53432\/new-call-termination-date-from-icasa\/","title":{"rendered":"New call termination date from Icasa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa<\/a>) says it has decided to shorten the period by which it will delay its new call termination regulations.<\/p>\n

Icasa officially introduced South Africa\u2019s new call termination rates (CTRs) in January 2014, which would see a dramatic decrease over the next 3 years. Smaller operators such as\u00a0Cell C<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Telkom Mobile<\/a>\u00a0would also benefit from increased asymmetry in the rates.<\/p>\n

CTRs are the fees operators charge one another when calls from one network have to be routed to another. When a Cell C customer calls\u00a0Vodacom<\/a>, for example, Vodacom charges Cell C to terminate the call on its network.<\/p>\n

The asymmetry would let Cell C and Telkom Mobile charge\u00a0MTN<\/a>\u00a0and Vodacom far more to terminate calls on their networks than the larger networks could charge Cell C and Telkom Mobile.<\/p>\n

Icasa\u2019s new call termination regulations were set to come in effect from 1 March 2014, but the regulator announced earlier this month that it would\u00a0delay the commencement date to 1 May<\/a> following a court application by MTN.<\/p>\n

It has since decided to only delay until 1 April 2014, Icasa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter further consideration and consultation with legal counsel, Icasa\u2019s council has decided that the commencement of the 2014 regulations need only be delayed by one month,\u201d Icasa said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Icasa said that it is in the public interest that MTN\u2019s application for interim relief be resolved as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter studying the papers, the Council of Icasa is also of the view that a delay of one month is sufficient to ensure that the affected parties have sufficient time to properly prepare their answering papers,\u201d Icasa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo this end, on 19 February 2014 Icasa published the Call Termination Amendment Regulations, 2014 which (i) delay the commencement of the 2014 Regulations by one month from 1 March 2014 to 1 April 2014 and (ii) extend the operation of the 2010 Regulations by one month.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MTN calls for termination rate cuts to be scrapped<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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