The Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) hearings to investigate SA`s high cellphone tariffs have been delayed.
The hearings - aimed at investigating the high cost of mobile calls, and why the introduction of increased competition in the form of Cell C into the marketplace has not significantly reduced call costs - were originally planned for late March or early April.
"Our intent now is to hold them no later than the end of May," says ICASA councillor Tracy Cohen.
Cohen cites the scheduling demands of having a number of hearings over the coming weeks, and the disruption caused by April`s public holidays as the reasons for the delay.
A total of 18 written submissions concerning mobile pricing were received by ICASA in the invitation period of May to September last year.
Among those were submissions from MTN, Vodacom, Cell C, Telkom, Sentech, Internet Solutions, the Competition Commission and the Communications Users Association of SA.
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