South Africa's cellphone operators are ripping off customers

James

James

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It is official: South Africa’s cellphone operators are ripping off consumers. For years South Africans have been complaining that cellphone telecommunication is too expensive, a claim the operators have denied.

But a recent report by Research ICT Africa states that South Africa’s prepaid cellphone costs put us in 32nd place out of 46 countries in Africa.

The report, “Africa Prepaid Mobile Price Index 2012: South Africa“, also states that South Africa’s prepaid rates are 360% more expensive than those of our neighbour Namibia.

The reason for this, according to the report, is the inability of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) to reduce call termination rates, also known as interconnect rates. The report states that even the “modest reductions imposed on termination rates” have generally not been passed on to end users.
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Source: MyBroadband - SA cellphone operators are ripping off consumers
 
This is not surprising news though.

What I want to know is why can't I carry data I haven't used over to the next month? I've paid for it, surely I deserve to be able to use it?
 
Well you just have to take a look at one of the provider's latest bundles where they have something like 10mb data included in a bundle with free email and facebook which nicely states T's and C's apply, now that's a rip-off
 
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