Internet service providers warn they will struggle to reduce data and call prices while South Africa’s power supply remains unstable.
South African Internet service providers say government’s concern about the cost to communicate must consider the impact of regular power cuts on the cost of providing connectivity and Internet access.
“Communications infrastructure providers should not be spending millions of rands a day on generator fuel, alternative power sources, and base station security,” stated Cull. ISPA argued that market forces have substantially reduced South Africa’s communication cost since the days of the government-sanctioned Telkom monopoly.The country’s privately-run ICT sector is doing remarkably well, even while being constrained by the publicly-run energy sector, ISPA said.
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