New cellphone data rules kick in at the beginning of March.
This is at the instigation of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa, also known as Icasa. It’s what they describe as the End-User and Subscriber Service Charter. However, there has been an outcry today as Vodacom literature was said to be indicating that it would be charging a fee for rolling data over – this while the likes of Telkom and MTN have not indicated plans to charge for the service.
The idea of this regulation is really not to be shock and a financial burden on consumers. So charging them for rollover data defeats the purpose of the regulation in the first place. But I don’t think it’s something that Icasa would have anticipated happening. So basically Vodacom has filed a tariff indicating that they will be charging for the rolling over of data. The authority is now considering that tariff application and the legal implications thereof, and we will then respond accordingly.
In terms of the spectrum that is supposed to come on stream some time in April or so, how much of an impact do you expect that will have on bringing the prices of data down?
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