ICASA to hold public hearings in respect to the Draft Call Termination Regulations

22 June 2010

JOHANNESBURG – The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa hereby invites all interested parties and the media to the public hearings in respect to the Draft Call Termination Regulations released on 16 April 2010.
The level of call termination charges has been a cause for concern in South Africa for some time. During 2009, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) conducted a market review of the provision of wholesale call termination services.

ICASA released its proposals on the outcome of this review in the draft “Call Termination Regulations” on the 16th of April 2010 in Government Gazette No. 33121, where the Authority proposed, amongst others, the need for a cost-oriented price cap on both mobile and fixed call termination rates.

ICASA released its proposals on the outcome of this review in the draft “Call Termination Regulations” on the 16th of April 2010 in Government Gazette No. 33121, where the Authority proposed, amongst others, the need for a cost-oriented price cap on both mobile and fixed call termination rates.
The closing date for written submissions on these draft regulations was the 18th of June 2010, by which time ICASA had received 20 written submissions.