{"id":321315,"date":"2019-09-26T16:49:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T14:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=321315"},"modified":"2019-09-26T16:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T14:51:27","slug":"vodacom-slashes-call-termination-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/321315-vodacom-slashes-call-termination-rates.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom slashes call termination rates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vodacom has lowered its call termination rates in accordance with regulations published by ICASA last year.<\/p>\n

The company detailed its new call termination rates in a letter sent to interconnection partners, stating that the new rates would take effect from 1 October 2019.<\/p>\n

These changes were dictated in the original call termination regulations published by ICASA, which required all operators to reduce call termination rates over a period of three years concluding in 2020.<\/p>\n

The first changes were implemented last year, and potentially resulted in significant job losses<\/strong><\/a> at Telkom, with CEO Sipho Maseko stating that the decision penalised Telkom far more than its competitors.<\/p>\n

All mobile operators are required to bring their call termination rates in line with regulatory requirements by 1 October 2019.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband asked Vodacom whether it had changed its call termination rates, and the company confirmed that it had changed the rates in accordance with the regulations published by ICASA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can confirm that we have decreased local call termination rates in line with ICASA\u2019s Call Termination Regulations (CTR) as published last year,\u201d Vodacom said.<\/p>\n

Vodacom’s new call termination rates as reported in its letter to partners are detailed below, and include a breakdown of new national and international rates, as well as call origination rates (CORs) for toll-free calls.<\/p>\n

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National call termination rates<\/h3>\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Service<\/th>\nRate per minute (excl. VAT)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mobile<\/td>\nR0.10<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed Geographic<\/td>\nR0.08<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed Non-Geographic<\/td>\nR0.08<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mobile Termination<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom<\/td>\nR0.10<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN<\/td>\nR0.10<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom Mobile<\/td>\nR0.16<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C<\/td>\nR0.16<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\nR0.16<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed Termination<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Openserve<\/td>\nR0.07<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\nR0.08<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Toll-free call origination rates<\/h3>\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
Origination<\/th>\nRate per minute (excl. VAT)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mobile<\/td>\nR0.38<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed<\/td>\nR0.17<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

International call termination rates<\/h3>\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Service<\/th>\nRate per minute (excl. VAT)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mobile<\/td>\nR2.15<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed Geographic<\/td>\nR2.15<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fixed Non-Geographic<\/td>\nR2.15<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

Now read: We are number 1 in the world in 5G \u2013 Huawei<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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