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

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Call Termination Regulations, 2014

Annexures

Annexure A: Application of the Fair and Reasonable Obligation

 

1. Principles of implementation of fair and reasonable obligation
1.1 For the purposes of regulation 7(2), of the Regulations "fair and reasonable prices" are rates that are equivalent to the cost-based rates imposed on the licensees identified in regulation 7(4) of the Regulations.
1.2 Licensees must charge the following rates:
1.2.1 Reciprocal rates with the rate set for MTN and Vodacom if these licensees offer termination to a mobile location within the Republic of South Africa; or
1.2.2 Reciprocal rates with the rate set for Telkom if these licensees offer termination to a fixed location within the Republic of South Africa.

 

2. A licensee not listed in regulation 7(4) of the Regulations may charge wholesale voice call termination rates to a mobile or fixed location per Table 1 of the Regulations or higher rates as per Table A1 and A2 below if:
2.1 The licensee has a share of total minutes terminated in the wholesale voice call termination markets of 20% (twenty Percent) or less of total minutes terminated to a mobile location as of 31 December 2023; or the licensee has a share of total minutes terminated in the wholesale voice call termination markets of 20% (twenty percent) or less of total minutes terminated to a fixed location as of 31 December 2023.

 

Table A1: Rate for termination to a mobile location

 

Termination rate

1 July 2025

R0.09

1 July 2026

R0.05

1 July 2027

R0.04

 

Table A2: Rate for termination to a fixed location

 

Termination rate

1 July 2025

R0.05

1 July 2026

R0.04

1 July 2027

R0.01

 

[Annexure A substituted by regulation 7 of Notice R5646, GG51718, dated 9 December 2024 - effective 1 July 2025]