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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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.
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.
South Africa’s telecoms industry has a long history of dressing up ordinary deals and sometimes even bad ones like revolutionary…