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Loadshedding and your VoIP Solution

It seems that load shedding isn’t going away any time soon. So, what do you do when the power is out and you still need to make and receive calls? When electricity is load shed, many communication methods, such as the internet, computers, and... Read More

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Big toll-free number fight in South Africa

This article was originally published on MyBroadband MTN recently told MyBroadband it was investigating an incident where a subscriber was billed for making a call to a toll-free number. MTN said there is no instance where a client should be billed... Read More

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Cell C is a hypocrite and doesn’t deserve ICASA’s special treatment: Switch Telecoms

Switch Telecoms said Cell C has behaved hypocritically in how it handled the new toll-free regulations in South Africa. Considering the fuss Cell C made over call termination rates, the way it is handling new regulations on toll-free numbers is... Read More

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Toll-free framework pushed back again

Consumers making “toll-free” calls from one of the 59-million mobile phones in use in South Africa should acquaint themselves with the meaning of “oxymoron”. That’s according to Switch Telecom’s Greg Massel, who says South African consumers can... Read More

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Beware R70/min call charges: Switch Telecom

Telkom is “screwing” VoIP providers and in turn, their customers, says Switch Telecoms CEO “The approach from Telkom is to, on short notice, change the cost of a destination to over ten times what it used to be, knowing that it will take time for... Read More

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Switch cuts call costs

Independent telecoms service provider Switch Telecoms has cut call rates across the board in response to the lowering of wholesale termination rates in South Africa. In addition, the company has also simplified its rate structure to make its... Read More