ISPA welcomes Icasa's number porting regulations finalisation

[Jan]

South African call centres can soon move 0800-numbers away from Telkom

South Africa’s Independent Service Providers’ Association (Ispa) says the country’s telecoms sector is off to a promising start in 2022 with the finalisation of a complete number portability framework.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) published the framework on 15 December and announced a commencement date of 7 March 2022.

 

[mister]

*very long very slow clap*

 

[Ferog]

Well said

'This welcome news also signals to business and consumers the necessity of holding off on entering into further long-term agreements with providers. This is because the full implementation of number portability will soon see greater competition in providing telecoms services when it comes to non-geographic phone numbers,” said ISPA regulatory advisor Dominic Cull.'

 

[system32]

Moved business from Telkom POTS to VoIP - saving R1,300pm and now also have internet access.
Telkom POTS ~R2,500/pm typically - calls, lines and PABX (no internet access).
VoIP ~R1,200pm - includes calls, 50Mbps internet and PABX.