{"id":99710,"date":"2014-03-31T18:28:04","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T16:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=99710"},"modified":"2014-04-01T09:17:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T07:17:20","slug":"mtn-vindicated-by-mobile-termination-rate-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/99710-mtn-vindicated-by-mobile-termination-rate-ruling.html","title":{"rendered":"MTN &#8220;vindicated&#8221; by mobile termination rate ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"MTN\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/226943-MTN\">MTN<\/a> is pleased with the South Gauteng High Court\u2019s decision to grant a final judicial review order on the Call Termination Regulation 2014 as published by the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (<a title=\"Icasa\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/462443-Independent-Communications-Authority-of-South-Africa-%28ICASA%29\">Icasa<\/a>), the operator said in a statement on Monday, 31 March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The court ruled that Icasa\u2019s new regulations were unlawful and invalid, but suspended the declaration of invalidity for 6 months.<\/p>\n<p>For these six months, the rate cuts originally prescribed in the regulations will be implemented.<\/p>\n<p>This means that mobile network operators must now charge one another less (20c per minute) to connect calls to each other\u2019s network, with the exception of <a title=\"Cell C\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/213919-Cell-C\">Cell C<\/a> and <a title=\"Telkom Mobile\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/515780-Telkom-Mobile\">Telkom Mobile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The smaller network operators such as Cell C and Telkom Mobile may charge the larger players such as <a title=\"Vodacom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227063-Vodacom\">Vodacom<\/a> and MTN up to 44c\/minute to terminate calls on their networks.<\/p>\n<p>MTN said it has been vindicated in its decision to take the matter of the 2014 call termination regulations on urgent review and request a final order.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;MTN now awaits a copy of the written judgment whereafter it will consider its options going forward,\u201d said <a title=\"Zunaid Bulbulia\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/341385-Zunaid-Bulbulia\">Zunaid Bulbulia<\/a>, chief executive officer of MTN SA.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on South Africa\u2019s termination rate battle<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/99668-hollow-victory-for-mtn-vodacom-in-termination-battle.html\"><strong>Hollow victory for MTN, Vodacom in termination battle<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/99706-termination-rate-ruling-not-a-win-but-a-good-start-cell-c.html\"><strong>Termination rate ruling not a win, but a good start: Cell C<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/99704-termination-rate-ruling-welcome-telkom.html\"><strong>Termination rate ruling welcome: Telkom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/99060-vodacom-mtn-win-one-battle-in-mtr-war.html\"><strong>Vodacom, MTN win one battle in MTR war<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/columns\/97257-what-vodacom-mtn-cell-c-telkom-really-mean.html\"><strong>What Vodacom, MTN, Cell C, Telkom really mean<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTN has said that it is happy with the High Court ruling on Icasa\u2019s new mobile termination 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