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ICASA - Telkom
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I have been waiting patiently to find what the adjusted price increases are going to be, and exactly when (not if) my line rentals & local calls are going to bankrupt me even more.
Perhaps I missed something in the news, but I do vaguely recall that ICASA hit Telkom's pause button & put a halt on the planned 5.x & 6 % increases, or maybe I'm in a dwaal again...
Perhaps I missed something in the news, but I do vaguely recall that ICASA hit Telkom's pause button & put a halt on the planned 5.x & 6 % increases, or maybe I'm in a dwaal again...
Just got the proposed Telkrap tariff changes.
Local call increases! International decreases! Nice to see the poor of SA are helping subsidising my calls to the UK and USA!
ICASA cannot possibly approve this…?
Local call increases! International decreases! Nice to see the poor of SA are helping subsidising my calls to the UK and USA!
ICASA cannot possibly approve this…?
Temporary Pricings
These pricings are merely temporary and were lodged under the old rules and regulations.
Telkom has to lodge a new pricing model again for February.
Basically from what I understand the old regulations after January are not applicable anymore and this specific price model will be void.
So summing up, these prices are only applicable for one month only.
A lot of hype for only one month IMO. Or is it another ploy?
I will try to get more details and post a more accurate report.
These pricings are merely temporary and were lodged under the old rules and regulations.
Telkom has to lodge a new pricing model again for February.
Basically from what I understand the old regulations after January are not applicable anymore and this specific price model will be void.
So summing up, these prices are only applicable for one month only.
A lot of hype for only one month IMO. Or is it another ploy?
I will try to get more details and post a more accurate report.
Andre
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PCW said:
It would be out of character for Icasa to not approve it.
New Improved Pricing Model Regulated by ICASA.
According to ICASA, they are at a loss for words why Telkom has implemented these prices using the Old Pricing Regulations as these prices are only valid for one month, namely January 2005.
Telkom has to resubmit its changed prices based on CPIX instead of the old method of CPI.
These new price regulations are supposed to be handed in to ICASA by February, but we are of the belief that Telkom will stall until August.
The new prices that are supposed to be handed in by February will be lower than the current ones and ADSL will be included in this basket.
Taking into account that ADSL is being taken up at a moderate pace and the fact that the Rand keeps improving against our trading partners and the international price of bandwidth is coming down on a annual basis, ADSL users should be in all earnest be getting some price relief from the current overpriced position in SA.
It is my opinion that Telkom is still abusing its position in the market to manipulate the price of local calls, national calls, internet access, installation costs, line rentals and their grip on the Cell Phone Market.
Telkom merely by dropping international calls are trying to hold onto their market share because of the legalisation of VOIP after February 2005.
They are an open book.
According to ICASA, they are at a loss for words why Telkom has implemented these prices using the Old Pricing Regulations as these prices are only valid for one month, namely January 2005.
Telkom has to resubmit its changed prices based on CPIX instead of the old method of CPI.
These new price regulations are supposed to be handed in to ICASA by February, but we are of the belief that Telkom will stall until August.
The new prices that are supposed to be handed in by February will be lower than the current ones and ADSL will be included in this basket.
Taking into account that ADSL is being taken up at a moderate pace and the fact that the Rand keeps improving against our trading partners and the international price of bandwidth is coming down on a annual basis, ADSL users should be in all earnest be getting some price relief from the current overpriced position in SA.
It is my opinion that Telkom is still abusing its position in the market to manipulate the price of local calls, national calls, internet access, installation costs, line rentals and their grip on the Cell Phone Market.
Telkom merely by dropping international calls are trying to hold onto their market share because of the legalisation of VOIP after February 2005.
They are an open book.
Just wondering, is there a statement somewhere from ICASA?BTTB said:
Source
Hi,
I doubt if it is ICASA's business to release Statements.
The pricing regulations have been all over the news for one and my source says that he has spoken to a lady at ICASA who quite frankly couldn't understand why Telkom had submitted their pricing structure, when the current regulations become invalid at the end of January.
You have to read a bit between the lines here.
I think out of all of the above one has to question Telkom's motives in the matter?
Hi,
I doubt if it is ICASA's business to release Statements.
The pricing regulations have been all over the news for one and my source says that he has spoken to a lady at ICASA who quite frankly couldn't understand why Telkom had submitted their pricing structure, when the current regulations become invalid at the end of January.
You have to read a bit between the lines here.
I think out of all of the above one has to question Telkom's motives in the matter?
Hmmm, while I can agree that ICASA is not good at communicating, I can say that it is every entity's responsibility to communicate, ICASA just doesn't feel like doing it.
I suspect that the "lady at ICASA who quite frankly couldn't understand", would probably be a lowly minion. Naturally I would be over the moon if ICASA said something like that in a press release, but the lines between Telkom & ICASA big-wigs are extremely blurred right now (my perception).
I suspect that the "lady at ICASA who quite frankly couldn't understand", would probably be a lowly minion. Naturally I would be over the moon if ICASA said something like that in a press release, but the lines between Telkom & ICASA big-wigs are extremely blurred right now (my perception).