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Cape Town - General Siphiwe Nyanda the
Communications Minister has issued a policy directive ordering the telephone
regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), to cut
the interconnection rate charged by the different phone companies - line and
mobile - for connecting calls originated in another company's network.
In a notice published in Tuesday's Government Gazette, Nyanda calls for
the charges to be cut to a cost-based rate. He also wants to see the
regulator take into account the research done by the department into charges
levied by phone companies in other countries similar to South Africa - such
as Brazil, Chile, Korea, India and Malaysia.
That study showed that while South African interconnection charges stood
at an average (given purchasing power parity) of 27.6 US cents, Koreans paid
the equivalent of 5.02 US cents, Malaysians paid 4.56 US cents, and Indians
paid 1.97 US cents.
"Interested parties," the notice in the Gazette said, "are invited to
provide written submissions in relation to the proposed policy direction
within 30 working days of the date of publication of this notice."
- I-Net Bridge