AntiTrust to stage MNP protest
According to the AntiTrust website: Hundreds of ‘Virginites’ & supporters will be taking to the streets of Sandton, Joburg wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan “Set us free with MNP”.
It seems that Virgin Mobile is jumping on the bandwagon in protest of the Regulators announcement that the deadline for MNP will be pushed forward from the 18th of September to the 10th of November.
Yesterday, MTN expressed relief at having the deadline extended as they said the system would not have been ready on time.
The protest, aptly called the “Long Walk to Freedom”, will take place this Thursday 21st September 2006 at 16h00 from cnr of Rivonia Street and Katherine Street, Sandton, to the head offices of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) in Katherine Street, Sandton.
Once the group reaches their destination, ICASA head office, they will hand over an open letter by Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Mobile South Africa founder and Chairman of the Virgin Group.
AntiTrust and Virgin Mobile are protesting delays from ICASA and hope that with this protest the process of implementing MNP will be speeded up.
“The move to MNP has been delayed by ICASA numerous times and the latest date, 18 September 2006, was moved out again, this time to 10 November 2006. It is, however, not yet confirmed whether this date too will be moved out as a result of pressure by the incumbent market players,” said AntiTrust.
MNP is predicted to increase competition in the cellular market with AntiTrust stating that they feel MNP is a vital step in making the industry more customer centric.
“In Virgin Mobile’s experience, MNP puts the customer in the driver’s seat and allows competition to thrive. Our goal with this campaign is to bring MNP to South Africa now,” said AntiTrust.
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