Icasa releases updated draft call termination regulation for public comment

[Jan]

Plans to slash call termination rates in South Africa

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) has again proposed substantial reductions in call termination rates and the abolition of asymmetric rates favouring Telkom and Cell C.

Call termination rates are the fees network operators charge one another to connect calls from a competitor to one of their subscribers.

 

[deweyzeph]

99% of the calls I make or receive on my cellphone are through Whatsapp. I suspect that's the case for a lot of people.

 

[lordnokon]

99% of the calls I make or receive on my cellphone are through Whatsapp. I suspect that's the case for a lot of people.

Yip or a VOIP soft phone app

 

[quovadis]

Yip or a VOIP soft phone app

I'm going to assume termination rates for VOIP calls that utilise a numbering plan (087 etc) would be considered fixed? Whatsapp to Whataspp wouldn't be applicable.