Cell C has been sucked into a conflict between Vodacom and Telkom following its pooling agreements with MTN.
Vodacom and Telkom have registered concerns about Cell C transferring control of its spectrum licences to Blue Label Telecoms due to the company’s spectrum pooling deals with MTN.
The application includes all of Cell C’s radio frequency spectrum in the 2100MHz, 1800MHz, and 900MHz bands. During the hearings this week about Cell C’s application to transfer control of its licences, Vodacom also argued that Cell C’s spectrum was effectively under MTN’s control. “Icasa is empowered to take action against non-compliance and should not permit Cell C to transfer rights in the spectrum licence while the spectrum is not being used lawfully,” Vodacom said.
MTN submitted that Icasa should only consider whether the transfer of control would hinder competition within the industry. CellSAf said it believes the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa and the Competition Commission allowed the strategic merger and transfer to take place without scrutiny.
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