Fixed-line utility Telkom has made changes to voice and data tariffs, ahead of the Independent Communications Authority of SA`s (ICASA`s) new ADSL pricing announcement.
Further ADSL price reductions could be introduced with ICASA`s new pricing model, which is expected to be made public following the commencement of the Electronic Communications Act.
As Telkom indicated about seven weeks ago when filing for price changes with ICASA, the home and business DSL 512 service will be reduced from R477 per month to R362 - a 24% decrease. Home and business DSL 1024 comes down from R680 to R516, with similar scale reductions across the DSL 192 and 384 options.
While residential analogue line rental charges go up slightly, ISDN2 and ISDN2A line rental fees will come down, with monthly Internet subscription remaining at R79.
Telkom has indicted the price changes must still be approved by ICASA, but the fixed-line operator seems confident this will happen. ICASA was unable to comment this morning.
Telkom`s fixed-line call tariffs of 38c per minute in standard time and 16c in "callmore" time will remain unchanged. Standard fees for landline calls outside a 50km radius will be reduced from 80c per minute to 72c, and "callmore" rates for long distance calls from 40c to 36c. International calls are to drop by about 10%.
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