ICASA is asking how online platforms affect South Africa’s licensed operators. Network companies want large platforms to help fund infrastructure, but a payment plan has not been proposed. Here is what consumers should watch.
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Zero-rating in South Africa was a condition of the 2022 spectrum auction. With the January 2027 deadline months away, only fifteen organisations are data-free.
MTN Pi’s 80GB works out to R4.99 a gigabyte. Some bundles cost four times that. Every major SA data product ranked by real cost per GB.
Starlink discontinues Global Roam on 17 August, leaving South Africans on grey-market kits facing business rates or nothing. What changes and what to do.
ICASA’s data rollover rules start 23 January 2027, but they do less than the headlines claimed and MTN and Vodacom are in court trying to stop them.
Starlink promises fast internet for rural South Africa, but high costs, legal hurdles, and sovereignty concerns raise big questions about who really benefits.