South Africa's cellular operators are ripping off consumers

We know !!!!!

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I returned from India two days ago.
What I found was, calling SA from India is the same price as calling an SA cellphone from SA.

Food for thought.
 
And year after year they post record profits. Shamelessly ripping us all a new one. Only companies I hate more than banks are these telecoms companies.
 
J0n0 said:
And year after year they post record profits. Shamelessly ripping us all a new one. Only companies I hate more than banks are these telecoms companies.
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My wallet has been saying so for donkey years!!!! Now off to read the article.:D
 
Not sure if this deserves a thread. Cell operators ripping us off, everyone knows that.... ICASA failing consumers, everyone knows that too.
 
... and what the hell is Boorman saying exactly? He should've have just shut up cause he is just making up excuses.
 
What needs to be investigated when the DA come to power is the corrupt relationship between ICASA and the telecoms providers. Without a doubt people in ICASA are getting kickbacks for not sorting out this issue. Those evil people need to be prosecuted.
 
Teleco's in SA need a wake up call fast, I'm travelling up africa next month and it will be cheaper for me to buy a sim, stick prepaid 1GB on it and call home than it is to roam.. on a Sa network i might add. <-- that is stupidity at it's peak.

It's as if we in SA are subsidizing the whole of africa
 
ghoti said:
What needs to be investigated when the DA come to power is the corrupt relationship between ICASA and the telecoms providers. Without a doubt people in ICASA are getting kickbacks for not sorting out this issue. Those evil people need to be prosecuted.
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Absolutely, it seems Vodacom (and others ) basically own the bloody place. :mad:
 
Would there be any price benefit in buying airtime in Namibia and using it in SA, is it even possible?
 
South Africa / Parliament Committee Calls For A Drop In Interconnection Rates By Telecom Operators






PRETORIA, South Africa, September 17, 2009/African Press Organization (APO)/ — South Africans will soon know if they will be charged an interconnection fee when making a call from one network to another. According to media reports, The Portfolio Committee on Communications is to hold public hearings in October 2009 to have mobile operators bring down their “excessive and exorbitant” interconnection rates.

South Africans are currently paying R1.25 per minute during peak times for their interconnection fee, a charge to enable calls to be transmitted from one network to the other. The committee met with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), the Competition Commission and the Department of Communications on 15 September 2009 to discuss the interconnection rates.

During the meeting the committee agreed that it was necessary to call for public submissions on 13 and 14 October 2009. It will propose that mobile and telecom operators drop the interconnection rates with effect from 1 November 2009 to 60 cents per minute during peak times. It further wants interconnection rates to be reduced by 15 cents annually on 1 November for each successive year until 2012 and that this should results in reductions in the actual retail prices of telecommunications.

In a statement, the committee said it based its proposals on the belief that interconnection rates in South Africa were exorbitant and excessive, resulting in extremely high telecommunication prices. It also believed that this was the consequence of apparent historical collusion between dominant mobile operators in the country. This, it said had “placed profits and greed above people”. Further to this, the committee felt that ICASA was not effectively regulating the situation and called on the Minister of Communications, Siphiwe Nyanda, to finalize the performance management system of ICASA Councilors as embodied in the ICASA Act.

“The high costs of mobile and fixed line telecommunications have impacted adversely on the South African economy and negatively on citizens, particularly the poor and marginalized. There is unanimity in the industry, government, other relevant stakeholders and the regulatory authority that the present situation is socially indefensible and economically unjustifiable,” said the committee.

It requested the department to report back to the committee on the matter by the 30th November 2009, and for ICASA to act professionally, effectively and boldly to regulate interconnection rates in South Africa as a matter of urgency. The committee said it was willing to introduce a Committee Bill to amend the Electronic Communications Act (No 36 of 2005) in the next session of Parliament to enable ICASA to act swiftly in the matter.

Vodacom confirmed on 16 September 2009 it was “ready to reduce the mobile termination rates as long as the cost of terminating another party’s call plus a fair profit is demonstrated”.

http://appablog.wordpress.com/2009/...n-interconnection-rates-by-telecom-operators/
 
air said:
Would there be any price benefit in buying airtime in Namibia and using it in SA, is it even possible?
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No.

Vodacom clients can roam with their prepaid numbers and airtime in certain predetermined and approved countries...but they will pay the normal roaming rates and this will be deducted from your airtime. Airtime does not determine your rate...your tariff does and when roaming...you pay what the international network charges your home network.

Same would apply to Namibian clients roaming in South Afria..if they in fact can use their prepaid sims here.
 
Boorman: "blahblahblah, its too complicated to explain to the peasents but we're not ripping you off - honest!"
Simple fact of the matter (as the report paints it very very clearly) some bloody how our cellphone costs are 32/46 in Africa... this is vs countries who are ("were" is probably more apt with the pitiful progress our government has been showing) miles behind us in progress.
This just follows the trend of everything else around here where we pay more for less benefit and get told that all is well and we just need to shut up and live with it. Not to point out the obvious - but its funny how many of these issues point to our highly competent government :)
 
CyberStorm's order of company hate (by industry):

1. Banks
2. Medical Aids
3. Telecoms
4. Insurance


J0n0 said:
And year after year they post record profits. Shamelessly ripping us all a new one. Only companies I hate more than banks are these telecoms companies.
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ghoti said:
What needs to be investigated when the DA come to power is the corrupt relationship between ICASA and the telecoms providers. Without a doubt people in ICASA are getting kickbacks for not sorting out this issue. Those evil people need to be prosecuted.
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Well we see with MTN and Iraq that bribing is their way of doing business. The cANCer obviously pockets their share.
 
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