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Voice over IP provider says cutting call costs to 1 cent is a mistake

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ISPA member and voice over IP provider Switch Telecoms says R0.01 per minute is an extraordinarily low fixed call termination rate by global standards.

The Internet Service Providers’ Association has questioned ICASA’s plan to slash call termination rates for fixed lines to 1 cent per minute.

“These costs are worthy of interrogation as they are almost always passed on to the end telecoms consumer,” ISPA stated.ISPA said ICASA has decided not to align South Africa’s fixed and mobile termination rates — a move that goes against its own findings. “In addition to SA’s FTR being just a fraction of the FTR in highly developed markets, South Africa is a geographically large country with relatively low population density,” it stated.

“Telkom, South Africa’s fixed line operator, has already expressed dismay at ICASA’s decision to cut fixed call termination rates and mobile termination rates asymmetrically,” ISPA said.

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