No collusion among network operators in South Africa — Vodacom

[Luis]

Vodacom rejects any suggestion of collusion between it and other mobile operators

Vodacom has told MyBroadband that it strongly rejects any suggestion of collusion among mobile network operators in South Africa regarding the country's new data expiry and rollover regulations.

This comes after the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) told Parliament it was concerned about possible collusion among operators after observing certain patterns.

 

[SykomantiS]

We have investigated ourselves and found that we are not guilty.

 

[Kornhub]

They are all corrupt as hell lol

 

[Pythonista]

Occam's razor says : GUILTY

 

[Krilliano]

This is like the ANC saying they will root out all corruption within the ANC LOL

 

[LazyLion]

In early 1994 Telkom was the dominant telecommunications player in South Africa, and the newly-licensed Vodacom and MTN were set to launch commercial cellular services later that year.
With only two mobile operators in the country it must have been tempting to avoid engaging in a price war, and if media reports are to be believed that is exactly what happened.
According to a 1996 Financial Mail report, Vodacom and MTN executives met in London in 1994 to discuss pricing.
The result of the meeting became known as the “London Agreement”: a memorandum where cellular tariffs for South Africa were set.

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[Fulcrum29]

Why would they admit to collusion? It is a legal question, obviously it would be strongly denied. The buddy system is the buddy system, but it is not always a gentle relationship.

 

[EmmanuelGoldstein]

 

[bwana]

Surprised they didn’t make a joint statement… oh, wait.

 

[quovadis]

It's just a coincidence their tariffs are basically copy/paste.

 

[Heisenborg]

Vodacom rejects any suggestion of collusion between it and other mobile operators

Vodacom has told MyBroadband that it strongly rejects any suggestion of collusion among mobile network operators in South Africa regarding the country's new data expiry and rollover regulations.

This comes after the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) told Parliament it was concerned about possible collusion among operators after observing certain patterns.

 

[Hemi300c]

Can't speak for Vodacom but I wouldn't trust MTN one bit.

 

[Flanders]