SNO urges competition

i am sure they are keen to start getting a return on their investment - particularly the parastatals which have already lost big time due to the licencing delays

i see it as they are trying to start off on as solid a base as possible - this includes making sure they have all their regulatory ducks in a row so as to be able to deal with telkom on that level

obviously it also includes a little sucking up to the regulator
 
ic said:
PS: what do you make of this:http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/com...sp?Nav=ns&lvl2=comp&ArticleID=1518-24_1902766Doesn't seem like the same Telecommunications Act we all love to hate, i.e. the one that enforces the monopoly, and squashes any competition...
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legislation often has a set of objectives set out up front and they are generally a set of lofty ideals - i think it is section 2 of the telecomms act makes for inspiring reading but unfortunately the act was just never implemented that way

the intended spirit of the act can probably be characterised as a balance between universal access and the introduction of competition

but history tells us that (a) the policy of extending telkom's monopoly was naive and (b) the spirit of the act has been sacrificed on the altar of political expediency and the inexperience/incompetence of those charged with implementing the act
 
The SNO needs to stop talking and start giving us prices and what they will be ofeering and by when enough of this BS we want to know what they will be offering and by when , talk is cheap .
 
cool. im going to release 20mbps lines in RSA. lests talk for few years bout it :rolleyes:

Empty your pockets today ~ telkom
 
You can bet that Telkomonopolies have their share in SNO as well

The SNO shareholders are proof of the South African ideal of strength in diversity. Though united in their common purpose to establish a strong competitor in the South African market, each brings its own particular strength to the SNO.

The Telecommunications Act provides for the Eskom Holdings and Transtel (a division of Transnet) to have a shareholding of 15% each in the SNO. 19% shareholding was to be allocated to a black empowerment enterprise. After the due selection process, Nexus Connexions was selected as the BEE shareholder in the SNO. The remaining 51% of the SNO was allotted to Strategic Equity Partner Company (SEPCO), constituted by the Tata Group of India (through VSNL and Tata Africa Holdings Pty Ltd) and two private consortia - Communitel and Two Consortium.
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I don't trust it ...... and with Eskom involved I very truly don't trust it at all .... they are known liars ... just look at what they have done to Cape Towns Electricity
 
He noted that in the SNO's early rounds of interactions with the major players in the South African market, it had found that there was a tendency not to embrace competitive practices.

Too often, regulation was viewed as a safe haven, a shelter from market forces.
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Lollies .... tooo true.

All you got to do is open it up. FREEDOM to compete with the giants is what we want.
I cannot believe we're still spelling this out after all these years.
 
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