South Africa: Lower Interconnect Fees Benefit Consumers

Following months of talks between the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) and the telecoms industry, the regulator announced that mobile termination rates in South Africa would drop significantly.

"ICASA said that the move aims to stimulate economic growth - and this can only be good news for consumers," said Mitchell Barker, MD of WhichVoIP. "The rates are on a downhill slide: from 1 March, they will drop from 40c to 20c, and then to 15c by March 2015. In 2016, they will reach an all-time low of 10c. This should put some money back in the pockets of South Africans."

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