Telkom call rates to other networks
According to the Telkom website outgoing calls to Neotel and other VANS lines, like Internet Solutions, DataPro, Storm, MWEB, MTNNS and others, will carry a minimum call charge of R 0.65.
The per-second call charges to the VANS range between R 0.00988 and R 0.01786, with no differentiation in price between calls made in Standard Time (Monday to Friday 07:00 to 19:00) and Callmore time (Monday to Friday 19:00 to 07:00 and Friday 19:00 to Monday 07:00).
The outgoing per-minute call rates to the various VANS are as follows:
| Company | Per-minute rate |
| Neotel | 0.65 |
| Internet Solutions | 0.82 |
| Storm | 1.07 |
| DataPro | 1.07 |
| Telfree | 0.59 |
| Broadband Networks | 1.00 |
| MWEB | 1.00 |
| MTNNS | 0.90 |
| ECN | 0.91 |
| Orion | 0.91 |
| Telconet | 0.72 |
| Open Voice | 0.84 |
| ICT | 0.79 |
| Net-Voip | 1.07 |
| Connection Telecom | 0.82 |
| PAWS | 0.74 |
Anti-competitive?
Telkom customers who phone Telkom destinations face a minimum charge of R 0.594 per call, with a per-second charge of R 0.00556 during standard time. This equates to R 0.38 per minute. During Callmore time this rate decreases to R 0.17 per minute.
These charges are significantly lower than the R 0.65 which Telkom charges their customers for calls to other networks – something that is seen as anti-competitive by many local telecoms players.
Many people feel that the fact that Telkom’s interconnect charges to their competitors is higher than their own ‘full circuit’ on-net call charges are unacceptable and will make it very tough for any competitor to enter the market.
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