Telkom enters termination rate fight

Neither is delaying LLU, adding mandatory phone line rental on top of ADSL only access accounts, improved broadband access or lower cost IPC. Why is it that when it benefits Telkom they argue in in favour of the general public?
 
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Paul Hjul said:
in terms of money in your pocket MTR reduction is a bigger deal than LLU
AND headroom has been made with regard to LLU: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/585572-LLU-Submissions-(possibly-today)?goto=newpost
the big holdup actually is the tussle around on the "wireless local loop"
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I don't want to fight over it because you are certainly not wrong as the talk seems to have changed, but fact remains Telkom lingered this process. In addition, pick one...

Telkom had argued that unbundling would lead to job losses - a view shared by trade unions - and that it would have a negative effect on the company.
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http://www.bdlive.co.za/articles/20...tigate-to-stall-local-loop-unbundling-process

Telkom is gearing up to fight against local loop unbundling (LLU), while also trying to save its loss-making mobile business, Telkom Mobile
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/telecoms/87769-telkom-to-fight-llu-save-telkom-mobile-report.html

Telkom cannot use the fact that it is relatively overstaffed and unproductive to hold back local-loop unbundling (LLU).
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http://www.techcentral.co.za/icasa-rejects-telkoms-llu-arguments/45600/
 
The failure to launch on LLU is a massive failure at Telkom no two ways about it. I have consistently taken Telkom to task on this issue - including the LLU workshop on Tuesday
however LLU is not likely to lead to price reductions in the same manner and form as MTR changes will especially not on the same time frames

Also so long as a cash cow in voice revenues persists investment decisions will follow suit - as soon as MTRs are properly aligned (and this does not mean aligned to the operators investment because the operators may have malvested due to the distortion caused by different FTR and MTR tariffs) then the case for same to invest in fixed line local loop infrastructure changes completely.
 
Paul Hjul said:
The failure to launch on LLU is a massive failure at Telkom no two ways about it. I have consistently taken Telkom to task on this issue - including the LLU workshop on Tuesday
however LLU is not likely to lead to price reductions in the same manner and form as MTR changes will especially not on the same time frames

Also so long as a cash cow in voice revenues persists investment decisions will follow suit - as soon as MTRs are properly aligned (and this does not mean aligned to the operators investment because the operators may have malvested due to the distortion caused by different FTR and MTR tariffs) then the case for same to invest in fixed line local loop infrastructure changes completely.
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+1
 
past benefited from Telkom’s commitment to pass through savings derived from previous regulatory interventions
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Telkom fixed retail consumer rates to mobile have absolutely NOT dropped in line with the MTR drops. Apart from a single drop when the MTR's first started reducing, they have creamed off the profit from these drops.
 
entrepr said:
Telkom fixed retail consumer rates to mobile have absolutely NOT dropped in line with the MTR drops. Apart from a single drop when the MTR's first started reducing, they have creamed off the profit from these drops.
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there is asymmetry between FTR and MTR which is wholly outdated and hurt fixed line investmens
 
Paul Hjul said:
The failure to launch on LLU is a massive failure at Telkom no two ways about it. I have consistently taken Telkom to task on this issue - including the LLU workshop on Tuesday
however LLU is not likely to lead to price reductions in the same manner and form as MTR changes will especially not on the same time frames

Also so long as a cash cow in voice revenues persists investment decisions will follow suit - as soon as MTRs are properly aligned (and this does not mean aligned to the operators investment because the operators may have malvested due to the distortion caused by different FTR and MTR tariffs) then the case for same to invest in fixed line local loop infrastructure changes completely.
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We certainly appreciate the efforts mate. Thumbs up!
 
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