Independent Communications Authority to hold wholesale call termination
hearings, 16 to 18 May

15 May 2007

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) will hold
public hearings with regards to wholesale call termination. The hearings follow
a discussion document that Icasa published in January 2007 calling for
interested parties to comment on the wholesale call termination market
definition. It further requested such parties to identify the presence or
absence of significant market power (SMP) in the call termination market.

Call termination refers to the handing off or routing of calls from one
network operator to another. It is part of the cost of interconnection between
network operators. The wholesale call termination discussion document provides
that:
* call termination markets for Telkom, Vodacom, MTN and Cell C are defined and
are found to be separate markets
* market competitiveness is evaluated and all licensees are declared to have
SMP in their call termination markets
* remedies in line with the Electronic Communications Act are proposed,
including, amongst others, cost-based call termination.

The hearings will be held at as follows:
Date: 16 to 18 May 2007
Venue: Block C Presentation Room, Pin Mill Farm, 164 Katherine Street
Sandton
Time: 08h00 to 16h30

Schedule for oral presentation
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
Welcome and opening address 08h45-09h00
Telfree: 09h00–10h15
Tea break: 10h15–10h30
Neotel: 10h30–11h45
MTN: 11h45–13h00
Lunch: 13h00–14h00
Internet Solutions: 14h00–15h15
Sentech: 15h15–16h30

Thursday, 17 May 2007
Vodacom: 09h00–10h15
Tea break: 10h15–10h30
Storm: 10h30–11h45
Cell C: 11h45–13h00
Lunch: 13h00–14h00
Telkom: 14h00–15h15
Competition Commission: 15h15–16h30

Friday, 18 May 2007
CUASA: 09h00–10h15
Tea break: 10h15–10h30
Virgin Mobile: 10h30–11h45
USALOF: 11h45–13h00
Lunch: 13h00–14h00
MWEB: 14h00–15h15
Ashley Madramuthoo: 15h15–16h30

Enquiries:
David Railo
Tel: 011 321 8325
E-mail: drailo@icasa.org.za

Sekgoela Sekgoela
Tel: 011 321 8434
E-mail: ssekgoela@icasa.org.za

Issued by: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
15 May 2007
Source: Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (http://www.icasa.org.za)