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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), "fair and reasonable prices" are rates that are equivalent to the cost-based rates imposed on the licensees identified in regulation 7(4).

 

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) may charge higher rates if:

 

2.1 the licensee has a share of total minutes terminated in the wholesale voice call termination markets of 20% or less of total minutes terminated to a mobile location at 31st December 2013; or

 

2.2 the licensee has a share of total minutes terminated in the wholesale voice call termination markets of 20% or less of total minutes terminated to a fixed location at 31st December 2013.

 

3. A licensee entitled under paragraph 2 to charge a higher rate may charge a maximum rate according to the following tables:

 

Table A1: Maximum rate for termination to a mobile location

 

Termination rate

1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018

R0.19

[Table A1 of Annexure A substituted by regulation 3 of Notice 729 of 2017]

 

Table A2: Maximum rate for termination to a fixed location

 

WON

BON

1 October 2017 to 30 September 2018

R0.12

R0.12

[Table A2 of Annexure A substituted by regulation 3 of Notice 729 of 2017]