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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

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Call Termination Regulations, 2014

7. Pro-competitive terms and conditions

 

(1) The Authority has determined that the following market failures continue to exist:
(a) A lack of provision of access.
(b) The potential for discrimination between licensees offering similar services.
(c) A lack of transparency.
(d) Inefficient pricing.

 

(2) In order to address the market failures identified in subregulation (1) above, all licensees must charge fair and reasonable prices for wholesale voice call termination consistent with Annexure A.

 

(3) In addition to subregulation (2), the Authority has determined that additional pro-competitive terms and conditions are necessary to correct the market failures identified in subregulation (1), which are to be imposed on the following licensees:
(a) Licensees that benefitted from economies of scale and scope with a share of total minutes terminated in the wholesale voice call termination markets with more than 20% of total minutes terminated to a mobile location as at 31st December 2013.
(b) Licensees that benefitted from economies of scale and scope with a share of total minutes terminated in the wholesale voice call termination markets with more than 20% of total minutes terminated to a fixed location at 31st December 2013.

 

(4) The Authority has determined that the following licensees have the characteristics mentioned in subregulation (3):
(a) Mobile termination markets:
(i) MTN Pty Ltd (MTN)
(ii) Vodacom Pty Ltd (Vodacom)
(b) Fixed termination markets:
(i) Telkom SA SOC Limited (Telkom)

 

(5) All licensees referred to in subregulation (4), must comply with the following additional pro-competitive terms and conditions:
(a) Publication of a Reference Interconnection Offer:
(i) Licensees identified in subregulation (4) must submit a RIO to the Authority for approval within forty-five (45) days of the promulgation of these Regulations.
(ii) The RIO must comply with the requirements set out in Annexure B.
(iii) The Authority will assess a RIO submitted by a licensee within thirty (30) days of its submission.
(iv) Licensees identified in subregulation (4) are obliged to offer interconnection using IP-based protocols.
(v) Provided that all requirements in the RIO are met by both and interconnection seeker and provider, a request for interconnection based on the RIO must be concluded within thirty (30) days of such a request for interconnection unless otherwise agreed between the licensees.
(vi) A licensee identified in subregulation (4) must publish the approved version of its RIO on its website within five (5) days of receiving notice of approval from the Authority.
(b) Price Control: Cost-based pricing:

For the period 01 October 2017 to 30 September 2018, a licensee identified in subregulation (4) must charge wholesale voice call termination rates to a mobile or fixed location as specified in Table 1:

 

Table 1: Termination Rates:

 

Termination to a mobile location

Termination to a fixed location

WON

BON

1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018

R0.13

R0.10

R0.10

 

[Regulation 7(5)(b) substituted by regulation 2 of Notice 729 of 2017]