Mon, July 22nd 2013, 15:24 · Brandon Gregory
A research report compiled by Research ICT Africa has revealed reductions to the mobile termination rate (MTR) made by regulators is beginning to positively impact prepaid mobile prices in South Africa. → Read more
Thu, May 2nd 2013, 07:21 · Paul Adepoju
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has ordered MTN Nigeria to collapse its on-net and off-net voice services in a bid to manage competition in the mobile market. → Read more
Fri, November 30th 2012, 12:40 · Brandon Gregory
Nashua and Cell C agree wholesale mobile termination rates should be reduced in order to promote competition. → Read more
Fri, November 30th 2012, 11:37 · HumanIPO
The Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) has finally announced a cut in mobile termination rates (MTR), ending months of uncertainty about the move and flying in the face of protests from market leaders Safaricom and Orange. But is this the right move? HumanIPO reporters Gythan Munga and Kamau Mbote debate the issue. → Read more
Wed, October 17th 2012, 15:11 · Gythan Munga
Prepaid call rates have dropped 24 per cent over the past two years, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has revealed, as a direct positive result of the drop in termination rates. → Read more
Fri, August 31st 2012, 12:37 · Dan Sudi
South Africa’s mobile service provider Cell C has introduced international calling rates targeted at ensuring subscribers enjoy talking with their families, friends and business partners overseas, at reduced rates. → Read more
Wed, August 29th 2012, 12:17 · Elly Okutoyi
Mobile users in Kenya will once again have to wait longer to have the call rates reduced after President Mwai Kibaki intervened and stopped the planned slashing of Mobile Termination Rates (MTR). → Read more
Tue, August 28th 2012, 08:08 · Dan Sudi
Kenya’s communications authority the Communication commission of Kenya (CCK) has directed the Competition Authority(CA), country’s consumer protection and fair competition regulator, to make a ruling on the mobile termination rate after it failed to reach an agreement with the country’s four mobile service providers. → Read more
Tue, July 3rd 2012, 07:08 · Elly Okutoyi
Kenyans will have to wait longer for mobile calling rates to come down, after the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) board failed to approve the new charges as expected. → Read more
Tue, May 8th 2012, 13:00 · Elly Okutoyi
Safaricom, a top Kenyan mobile telephone operator, has moved to court in a bid to recover almost half a billion Kenya Shillings owed to it by its rivals Airtel Kenya and Essar for non-payment of termination fees, the amount of money an operator pays rivals if its subscribers call another network. → Read more
Tue, March 13th 2012, 08:34 · Elly Okutoyi
Have you ever received an international call, whose quality was very poor, a lot of delays, and most importantly, the number calling you appeared as a local call instead of the international format? Well, you might as well as been a victim of SIM box Fraud. → Read more
Mon, June 2nd 2014, 14:00 · Tom Jackson
Telecommunications services can have a “multiplier effect” on South Africa’s development as the country looks to tackle unemployment, poverty and inequality, according to new minister of telecommunications and postal services Dr Siyabonga Cwele. → Read more
Tue, May 27th 2014, 19:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
Nigeria fuelled MTN Group’s double-digit revenue growth in the four months to the end of April 2014, however the company’s home operations in South Africa lagged behind with revenues decreasing year-on-year. → Read more
Mon, May 19th 2014, 15:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Vodacom has released its financial results for the year ended March 31, 2014, revealing 8.3 per cent growth in group revenues, spurred by a boom in equipment revenues in South Africa as well as a 105.2 per cent increase in international data services. → Read more
Tue, April 15th 2014, 12:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
Leading South African operators MTN and Vodacom will not appeal the court decision allowing the temporary implementation of “invalid and unlawful” mobile termination rates (MTRs), the companies said. → Read more
Fri, April 11th 2014, 09:30 · Chris Udemans
Amendments to South Africa’s Electronic Communications Act (ECA) and the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) Act will give the regulator greater jurisdiction over electronic transactions, and the ability to impose higher fines on offenders. → Read more
Mon, April 7th 2014, 13:30 · Chris Udemans
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) published an advertisement in the Sunday Times yesterday thanking South Africans for their support during the legal battle between the regulator and operators MTN and Vodacom over mobile termination rates (MTRs). → Read more
Tue, April 1st 2014, 11:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
South Africa’s leading mobile operators Vodacom and MTN feel “vindicated” by yesterday’s court decision ruling the mobile termination rate (MTR) regulations set out by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to be “invalid and unlawful”, while rival Cell C bemoaned the operators’ attempt to “frustrate” market competition. → Read more
Tue, March 25th 2014, 10:30 · Gabriella Mulligan
The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) will today attend court to face legal claims by dominant operators MTN and Vodacom, challenging the new mobile termination rates (MTRs) to become effective as of April 1. → Read more
Wed, March 19th 2014, 20:00 · Gabriella Mulligan
South Africa’s second operator MTN launched its “We’re Guilty” advertising campaign in response to the “virulent attack” on its reputation by rival Cell C, with MTN saying it needed to “dispel fallacies” being spread its rival operator. → Read more
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