Interconnection Reduction for Mobile Users

The Portfolio Committee on Communications is to hold public hearings to have mobile operators bring down their excessive and exorbitant interconnection rates as soon as next month.

The committee met with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), the Competition Commission and the Department of Communications on to discuss the interconnection rates.

In a press statement, the committee says it is basing its proposals on the belief that interconnection rates in the country are exorbitant and excessive, resulting in extremely high telecommunication prices.

South Africans are currently paying R1.25 per minute during peak times for their interconnection fee, a charge to enable calls to be transmitted from each other's networks.

To read the article titled, “60c interconnect rates from November: Parliament,” click here.