Nyanda vows to slash costs

I've got some "knowing" and therefore some "policies" much better then the gov.

First of all, local bandwidth being uncapped means no additional price shall be paid for local, period, don't word it as uncapped, word it as FREE.

Telephone line rental shall be an optional extra when dealing with broadband with room to making it FREE in the future to allow a wider south african public with access to the most basic of communications services. (Telkom and ur waya waya is just a load of BS, y on earth must someone pay something like R1.21 just to start a call)

Local loop will be unbundled at x date(which we do not have now)

And last but not least, any telecoms company convicted of monopolistic activity or pricing with other operators with intent to "rip off" consumers will be fined an entire 5 years of operating profits.

Now thats policy, everything thats in this article is just blah blah blah
 
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+1 Kawak (please go into telecomunications governance for us - and just assasinate those who oppose your legislation!)
 
if you think about it, maybe appointing a military man for the job was not such a bad idea... I mean if there is one thing the military is known for its efficiency. I really hope this guy proves to be just the man we're looking for... even minus the telecoms background!
 
flarkit said:
IBIWISI, I'm afraid. Our new govt is still flinging out one pretty promise after the next. I'd rather see some constructive action please
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One slightly encouraging thing behind the statements in the article is that the minister is actually making sense to a degree.
Just wonder if it's not Telkom themselves feeding him the lines to keep on spinning us :p

VertigoZA said:
if you think about it, maybe appointing a military man for the job was not such a bad idea... I mean if there is one thing the military is known for its efficiency. I really hope this guy proves to be just the man we're looking for... even minus the telecoms background!
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That is really something I considered a few weeks ago as well.
With a military background, there should hopefully be some smacks being laid down.

That's why I actually want to attend iWeek and hear him speak and see for myself what kind of person he is.
 
Lycanthrope said:
I'm probably going to regret this, but I actually feel that long-forgotten sense of optimism creeping up inside me. Granted, it might be bile, but I actually feel some hope as well.

Hopefully Nyanda will prove himself! I'll say this much... He couldn't do worse than Ivy... And if he succeeds in winning our hearts he'll definitely go into the history books as the gentleman who changed the economy, IT sector and possibly even the social awareness of the country forever! GO FOR IT!
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Ditto. I couldn't have said it better. GO GO GO!!

Juice
 
I think everyone deserves a fair chance to prove themselves. A year from now, we can start to judge Mr Nyanda. For now I think it is right that we adopt a wait and see attitude and those of us who can should pro-actively invite Mr Nyanda to discussions with industry insiders. We know what is wrong - let's save him some time.
 
What's this guy smoking? We are being ripped off by mobile operators, who hold most of the lucrative spectrum, and have charged ridiculous prices and behaved like a cartel with impunity, and he thinks we need another fixed line operator - we've got 500 of those.

We just need proper regulations. What about just finalising the regulations to reduce interconnection rates, that have made it almost impossible for the 500 new fixed line operators to compete? What about local loop unbundling? What about actually issuing some WiMAX spectrum?

I see shades of another Infraco in these statements...
 
Come on people, negativity just breeds negativity. Sure, things are taking a while to get going (Neotel, Seacom etc.), but things are still moving in a positive direction (just a bit slower than we'd like). Eassy and WACS are also on their way. Change doesn't happen over night. Give the guy a chance to prove himself.
 
I would only focus on one issue, and that is the interconnect (termination) rate, especially to Vodacom and MTN, currently still as high as R1.24 per minute or so. Because so many calls are terminating on these two networks, they are holding the entire industry to ransom. Once that is reduced, Cell C and Virgin will be able to compete more effectively, the VAS licencees will be able to compete better with their voice (and VoIP) services and more money will flow into these businesses. They will then be able to invest more in truly competitive voice services. I am sure that once voice becomes cheaper, broadband will follow.
 
Tetrahedron said:
Come on people, negativity just breeds negativity. Sure, things are taking a while to get going (Neotel, Seacom etc.), but things are still moving in a positive direction (just a bit slower than we'd like). Eassy and WACS are also on their way. Change doesn't happen over night. Give the guy a chance to prove himself.
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If you read my previous comment, that's exactly the point. The immediate concern is that the Minister's statement could have been written five years ago. Then, it would have made some sense. Now, it's completely out of line with the reality of the market. We don't need more licences, or even more people building networks, in reality - we need proper regulations. The recommendations of the SA Broadband Forum are the closest to what needs to be done - let's hope some of this lobbying makes it past some of the dinosaurs in the DoC that have blocked previous attempts.
 
There are so many cellphone operators also and their prices are also not falling...

Maybe they should look into the regulator who isn't doing their job as they should: to the benefit of the consumer
 
Nope.. he wants in with the third operator. Want to line his pockets with our tax money and teleblood money. Every president, tele minister has promised this with no avail.
 
Impressed

Guys - give the new minister a chance.
In the short period that he is minister, I have noticed that he has become quite involved in a number of the critical ICT issues that affect us.

Complaining all the time doesn't make a difference - but being proactive and supportive does.
 
Welcome to the new idiot, the same as the old idiot.
 
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